Why exactly are macs so overpriced? (1 Viewer)

[Lefty Frizzell]

Does anyone have a good explanation for this?

 

[ratmonkey]

Because people pay those prices.

 

[nooleen]

that question was resolved quickly

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I read a good analysis of this lately

Hang on....

googling....

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

image is everything.

 

[shower another shower]

you can't put a price on a lifestyle.

 

[nooleen]

you can....a massive one

 

[Mormon Nailer]

http://www.salon.com/technology/machinist/feature/2007/11/07/mac_price

 

[ann post]

i gotten two on ebay in the past year in the same price range as a slightly posh real computer.

if thats whats this is about i could look up the sellers for ya.

 

[Space]

http://www.salon.com/technology/machinist/feature/2007/11/07/mac_price

So they are more expensive but they're not really. ????

 

[Lili Marlene]

http://www.salon.com/technology/machinist/feature/2007/11/07/mac_price

that reads like defensive mac fanboy garbage to be honest.

After just a year or two of use, a Windows machine gets so gummed up with spyware, viruses and other nasty stuff that it seems malicious to ask anybody for money for the thing.

no. (Well yeah, if you're thick)


The only bit that makes a bit of sense is the resale value and that only backs up the fact that they are expensive

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Thanks. The reason I ask is in light of the upgrade of macbook pros yesterday.

Apple are selling machines with graphics cards that are almost two years old and charging a lot for it. The processors are fast but nothing groundbreaking. For the price of a top macbook pro you could buy an Alienware machine that would blow it out of the water specswise.

I use one myself and would stick with them mainly because they are really reliable and I prefer osx to windows but their hardware specs aren't in anyway impressive for the huge price.

 

[ann post]

its not how much hardware you have lefty, its what you do with it.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Well i've been working with a ton of RAW photographs recently and my macbook is showing its age. Its no big deal but I got a new 3.33ghz dual core dell in work that does the same job so much quicker. I was looking over the new macbook specs and prices earlier and wondered was there any clear reason for the higher price.

 

[magicbastarder]

there is competition in the PC market. if dell didn't have to try to undercut HP et al, they'd be a lot more expensive too.

 

[Anthony]

Also, relatively, they don't sell that many.

 

[ann post]

i think they test their os before they launch it.

 

[Space]

So how far off running Leopard on an Intel powered pc are we?

 

[nooleen]

that leopard you posted in the eirecore image thread won't be running anywhere for some time

 

[Scientician 0.8]

It is because people pay a premium for what they perceive as quality goods.