Apple does not need another defence lawyer so I am not one. But the point so many of you seem to miss, is that for the people that don't want the upgrade, thei

Apple does not need another defence lawyer so I am not one. But the point so many of you seem to miss, is that for the people that don't want the upgrade, their kit is cheaper. They're letting the upgraders pay for the standard piece of kit. Same goes for the ridiculous price for the monitor stand(s). All of Apples stuff costs $$$ because we still choose to pay for _it_ instead of going for the alternatives. So a lot of us consider it _better value_ that way; as in: we think that this is the cheaper deal. You might not understand this, or say that people that buy from Apple are delusional or agreeing to being over charged. But would not be correct. I'm not forced to buy it, I simply participate in a market place where I exchange enough money to get enough value. So in effect, I'm then also saying that the competing offers are actually too expensive. I would not pay more than $500 for a fully kitted PC laptop because they are simply that shitty.