With Apple laptops at least you aren't paying for the horsepower (which the machine can't actually make sure of due to terrible thermals), you are paying for th

With Apple laptops at least you aren't paying for the horsepower (which the machine can't actually make sure of due to terrible thermals), you are paying for the aesthetic of the OS GUI and the industrial design. That's no an insult, any more than buying nice furniture or plants is an insult. Aesthetics matter of you aren't living on subsistence. The power is just the fig leaf to rationalize it.