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[Ryiah]

They are not a 'rip off' anymore than a toaster is a 'rip off' for watching TV.

Perhaps 'overcharged' is a better term. When I see two different laptops, with side-by-side comparisons, and one is far weaker for the same price (or far more expensive for the same specifications) then I personally consider the worse deal to be a 'rip off'.

Psshhh you didnt look high enough! 2100 comes with 650m. A Deal! (id take one if i could, the screen is amazing)

I won't deny the Retina displays would be excellent for more professional applications. It would even be fantastic for gaming. Assuming your GPU was capable of handling the graphics at such a resolution. I'm not too sure the GT 650M would be acceptable for more than light gaming.

 

[Bigglesworth]

Perhaps 'overcharged' is a better term. When I see two different laptops, with side-by-side comparisons, and one is far weaker for the same price (or far more expensive for the same specifications) then I personally consider the worse deal to be a 'rip off'.

I agree, but the thing with Apple, is youre not just buying the hardware. Its sort of a ticket into their library/supercoolkidsclub and Apple care and other small services that many do not offer and most dont even know about. Still more than I would spend, but the average user likes to be handheld. Id never go Apple laptop/desktop if it were for purely hardware

 

[Ryiah]

I agree, but the thing with Apple, is youre not just buying the hardware. Its sort of a ticket into their library/supercoolkidsclub and Apple care and other small services that many do not offer and most dont even know about.

So essentially what I was thinking as well - style, professional applications, and a computer for those who you have little confidence in their capacity to keep a PC running.

 

[Bigglesworth]

So essentially what I was thinking as well - style, professional applications, and a computer for those who you have little confidence in their capacity to keep a PC running.

I would say most PC users should be Mac mini users... so I dont have to deal with them.
That being said I was a Mac user for ages, still like them. I remember overclocking my G3 Powermac 233Mhz to 266Mhz and installing Mac OS X beta. There were physical tiny switches a la minecraft style right next to the chip, you couldent do it through any sort of BIOS. Good times

 

[Ryiah]

I remember overclocking my G3 Powermac 233Mhz to 266Mhz and installing Mac OS X beta. There were physical tiny switches a la minecraft style right next to the chip, you couldent do it through any sort of BIOS. Good times

Sounds roughly similar to my PC experiences. The main difference being early PCs used jumpers instead of DIP switches.