> "Part of the reason Apple can get away with doing this is that — and let’s be honest — it’s been selling badly underpowered systems at certain price points."

> "Part of the reason Apple can get away with doing this is that — and let’s be honest — it’s been selling badly underpowered systems at certain price points." Well, they've been doing this for a long time, and were able to pull it off only because we got hooked up with their ecosystem and preferred more than the alternatives. What worries me though is the trend to make these machines totally unupgradeable: not only this is bad for the environment but will also decrease the long-term value of these expensive objects.