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Notes & Links

The Pricey Mac Myth

've been thinking a lot about the conventional wisdom that, regardless of what you think of Apple computers, they cost a lot more than regular PCs. I've doubted this for the past few years, but never got off my ass to investigate it. It seems to me that Apple's reputation for pricey-ness comes in large part from the fact that, for a very long time, all of Apple's computers were configured and priced at the professional level, whereas a huge range of prices existed in the PC world. Apple evangelists like myself have long sniffed (rightly, I think most people would agree) that the very cheapest PCs are generally built from low-quality, low-performance components, and that it's a good thing Apple doesn't sell anything like that. But, until fairly recently, Apple didn't have anything aimed at the huge consumer market.

stickybuffalo: The Pricey Mac Myth

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