"Microsoft still has the audacity to charge several hundred dollars for their OS." That's really disingenuous, given that 1) the consumer versions of Windows

"Microsoft still has the audacity to charge several hundred dollars for their OS." That's really disingenuous, given that 1) the consumer versions of Windows traditionally cost less than $100 2) Microsoft doesn't make money on hardware, whereas the cost of Apple's OSes is priced into Mac hardware You don't get to tut-tut Microsoft for an expensive OS (that runs on the consumer's choice of commodity hardware, cheap or expensive) when you pay a premium on a Mac all-in-one computer. You can justify Apple's OS pricing as being easy to stomach all you want - ultimately it's your choice to buy into the intended psychology of their pricing strategy - but don't try to paint that as a rational, fair comparison.