If you use a Mac as a professional, they are not overpriced. New Macs easily last 5 years [1], and 2500€ for a professional tool is not a lot of money consideri

If you use a Mac as a professional, they are not overpriced. New Macs easily last 5 years [1], and 2500€ for a professional tool is not a lot of money considering how much you pay the person using it. If you just want a Mac for personal use, then you have to decide if its worth it. A top of the line MBP with touch bar is probably a bit excessive if you use it just to edit your vacation photos. But on the other hand lots of people spend 30k€ on a nice car even though a 10k€ hatchback would also get them to work. My mom just got a used mid 2017 MBA with decent specs (I don't recall the exact configuration) for around 600€. It'll easily last her the next 5 years, and probably even longer than that. So there still are affordable options if you don't insist on getting the latest model. [1]: The new MBP keyboard might be an exception to that rule, so if you're worried about that, maybe wait for a successor to the butterfly keyboard before buying a new Mac laptop.