As an aside, it is often possible to buy laptops from competing manufacturers vastly lower than MSRP (40+% off), especially on craigslist. Apple laptops seem t

As an aside, it is often possible to buy laptops from competing manufacturers vastly lower than MSRP (40+% off), especially on craigslist. Apple laptops seem to not exhibit this effect. Used ones are extremely cheap. My 2 year old (and extremely usable) Dell E4300 model can be had for ~$320 on ebay, while weaker macbook airs go for double that.