I’m only trying to talk about just the chips. Yes, the MBA is more expensive than most people would want to pay. But it’s also not comparable to those laptops

I’m only trying to talk about just the chips. Yes, the MBA is more expensive than most people would want to pay. But it’s also not comparable to those laptops. It has a very high quality Retina display, the all-metal unibody construction, and Apple’s infamous profit margins. There is no reason to think putting a similarly efficient processor in an otherwise standard PC laptop would raise the price much. Heck, Intel loves there margins too. I don’t think the chip is too expensive. It’s all the other choices Apple makes that push the price up so much.