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Is Apple's New MacBook Affordable Enough?

@User 6805:

I think you consider a PC "more bang for the buck" because you are only looking at the hardware.

There is the Total Cost of Ownership, and factoring that in there Apple always wins:

* People use Apple computers longer than PCs because they are higher quality and don't suffer from the typical Windows bloat-ware (i.e. the tech specs on an Apple are outdated by new software before it is even sold)

* People spend less time "protecting" their Apple computers from danger - saved time = money

* Apple computers do more out of the box - there is no Windows replacement for iLife - nowhere, nohow; even the 800-lbs gorilla of iLife, iPhoto, still doesn't have a Windows counterpart that can do it all in one easy-to-use, integrated package; I still get comments on my iPhoto books about how wonderful they are, and how did you make them, etc... And I laugh inside when in other situations I hear people lament about their piles and piles of digital photos that they don't know what to do with, or still have on photo CDs.

* Apple computers are the total user experience, integrated, and superior to the PC market. I am amazed at how easy it is to use the Internet, email, media, buy apps, etc. on my iPod Touch. It works so well because of Apple's attention to detail and focus on the user.

Anyway, all of Apple's products seem "expensive" compared to most of their competition, but you get what you pay for, and then some!