It's the customers 'mindshare' that value the fit/finish/status that comes with it, more than anything. I owned only one mbp when they first introduced the reti

It's the customers 'mindshare' that value the fit/finish/status that comes with it, more than anything. I owned only one mbp when they first introduced the retina display (I believe it was 2012), and it used to randomly reboot even after multiple OS refresh from apple tech support. as i recall, it was a some issue with the graphics chip or a driver. i hated everything about its desktop gui, animations, miniscule software options (back then), and their stupid external keyboard; I would never buy another apple product ever again. I have had Dell Latitude, Inspiron, Thinkpad series (many), and the issue was the mostly windows. If msft had solved virus issues, or more fundamentally, adopted xenix and built a graphics shell, they would've been at a different level -- essentially amplifying the hardware efforts of the laptop manufacturers. case in point - android ecosystem.