Apple products are not just worth the sum of their components, they are an “experience” unto themselves. I type that both sarcastically and with complete since

Apple products are not just worth the sum of their components, they are an “experience” unto themselves. I type that both sarcastically and with complete sincerity. Apple is vertically integrated, which puts their products in a different class than Intel/Windows, ARM/Android. If you’re an Apple user you’re not worried necessarily about the CPU or memory, your concern is whether you can run the Mac OS or iOS and the ecosystem that goes with it. So Apple doesn’t have to compete on price for its hardware, but rather on other intangibles.