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The Apple Mac Cost Misconception: Macs and Their Prices
- Tichy 18y agoComparisons with an arbitrary notebook are just silly. For starters, if one is a 15'' screen model and the other one is 17'', they are in completely different categories.
- Retric 18y agoSummary: Apple options are horribly overpriced. Dell XPS laptops are overpriced and are similar in price to Apple systems. I spent a few years developing OS 8,9, and X Software back when OS X was new. I used a dual G4 and upgraded to a G5. I honestly don't miss OS X it's just an OS and their hardware is expensive in useless ways. If your building a 3k system use 8GB of ram not 2 Xeon chips and 95% of the time you will be happy you did. I am currently using a 3 month old 1200$ dell and its fast enough that I just don't notice any issues. If I would upgrade anything I would spend ~2k on better displays a long time before I upgraded my computer. PS: Granted some people might be CPU bound and happy with 2GB of ram but that’s got to be a tiny fraction of the market.