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Every other vendor (and OS) takes my time instead of my money. If I'm not forcing myself to be aware of it I can be fooled into thinking some of this time is wo

Every other vendor (and OS) takes my time instead of my money. If I'm not forcing myself to be aware of it I can be fooled into thinking some of this time is work, but it's not—it's pure wasted time. Apple products do sometimes, too, but nowhere near as much. I wish anyone else would get good at this whole "making consumer and 'pro' devices that don't suck" game. Or if Apple'd take the Mac line back to being somewhat overpriced rather than wildly overpriced, that'd be nice too. They swing back and forth, it seems, and right now the premium is way on the high end, especially with their base specs continuing to lag (a $1300 "pro" laptop should have a base of 16GB of memory, not 8, for instance).

fermienrico 6y ago
The MacPro is overpriced but they're trying to differentiate - what desktop computer has absolutely pornographic insides, full CNC metal body, display that hits all checkboxes (except for refresh rate). Nothing else out there. So, they can get away with charging more. Consumers are kind of assholes, especially the average consumer. They demand that Apple reduce their price to make it affordable for them. Why? Why should they? If they can get by with charging more than we should blame the competitive landscape, and not the only company that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Everyone else is cutting corners, selling ads, backstabbing customers.