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This is definitely not the case. I purchased a 32GB 8-core AMD CPU laptop (1060 NVIDIA GPU, unfortunately), in 2019, for $1100. There wasn't, and still is not,

This is definitely not the case. I purchased a 32GB 8-core AMD CPU laptop (1060 NVIDIA GPU, unfortunately), in 2019, for $1100. There wasn't, and still is not, an Apple SKU that approaches anywhere near to the performance/dollar. Apple products have a very distinct and precise market. It's "good enough shit" for "I'm not willing to bother" price. That has _extreme_ value in the modern market. If you're asking anything serious of their hardware then you are, either, ignorant about what else is on offer (having only used Apple hardware for the past <many> years), or have workloads that so-happen to fall into that extremely narrow niche. > Similar-performing hardware for years In the past year I have <been forced to> worked with Apple hardware as a daily driver. When did you last you've use one of the alternatives as a daily driver? I mean, fuck, imagine for a second that Windows updates took 45min, because Apple updates sure as fuck do. That's a hard pill to swallow when my NixOS updates take 0 seconds.

Maursault 5y ago
GP's claim has been publicly proven time and again, yet the myth persists because of the failure to actually match Apple's hardware feature for feature, spec for spec. Sure, you can build your own laptop without magsafe or Thunderbolt for <$x, but then you've failed to actually match Apple's hw and specs. Once you actually do that, you'll discover you can not duplicate any Apple hardware at any time in history with third-party off-the-shelf hardware without spending $100-$1000 more. And this does not take into account that Macs, as a rule, will remain in use longer and retain their re-sale value far better than any PC, so the total cost of ownership ends up being a lot less, and even this is not taking into account all the users' time Windows invariably wastes on idiotic things like randomly dropping a driver spontaneously without cause and requiring some attention to restore functionality of, say, a printer. Try using the search engine of your choice with the terms, "macs are more expensive," and nearly all the results reveal the notion that macs are more expensive was always a myth.

Maursault 5y ago

GP's claim has been publicly proven time and again, yet the myth persists because of the failure to actually match Apple's hardware feature for feature, spec for spec. Sure, you can build your own laptop without magsafe or Thunderbolt for <$x, but then you've failed to actually match Apple's hw and specs. Once you actually do that, you'll discover you can not duplicate any Apple hardware at any time in history with third-party off-the-shelf hardware without spending $100-$1000 more. And this does not take into account that Macs, as a rule, will remain in use longer and retain their re-sale value far better than any PC, so the total cost of ownership ends up being a lot less, and even this is not taking into account all the users' time Windows invariably wastes on idiotic things like randomly dropping a driver spontaneously without cause and requiring some attention to restore functionality of, say, a printer. Try using the search engine of your choice with the terms, "macs are more expensive," and nearly all the results reveal the notion that macs are more expensive was always a myth.