In your own opinion even if you don't own an Apple Computer Why do you think the cost of their Desktops and Laptops are so much more expensive and if you do own one please explain why you think they cost so much.
An equivalent quality Windows PC will cost nearly the same.
A good point by many before your post Sean but let me ask for sake of continued conversation for real. If taking a look at your statement:At one point this was true...the Apple computers held a serious premium that was not matched by the internals. It hasn't been that way for at least 2 generations. Mac's carry a premium because of several reasons: Design, quality parts, Free OS enhancements and I think above all else, the customer service experience that you can only find from Apple.
When I was looking to pickup a new notebook this past summer, I had it narrowed down to a couple of the Asus and Sony ultrabooks, and the MacBook Air, which were all fairly equivalent. To my surprise, I found the pricing between them all to be quite comparable (I ended up with MBA). When you look it all the offerings available, the price of entry for a Windows PC is indeed less than a Mac by virtue of there being many more configurations available, especially at the low end where Apple doesn't really have a presence. Yes, you can get a $300 Windows notebook, but do you really want an Intel Celeron processor?
An equivalent quality Windows PC will cost nearly the same.
It is just a different business model. Apple make their money on the hardware. Microsoft makes their money from license fees. Even before mavericks was available for free the cost to upgrade was minimal. You also get the best customer service and product support in the industry. If you do have an issue you can just take it in to the Apple store.
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