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0 pointsvehemenz3y ago0 comments

The claim here is that people are priced out of Macs, not that they aren't more expensive. If a Mac is $2100 instead of $700, that's only a few hundred dollars more per year, or $20-30 a month.

In the US, $20 or $30 is negligible to the frivolous expenses of the average household budget. In laptop-buying households, even more so. Let's not confuse misperception of value to affordability.

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somebehemoth3y ago

People literally are priced out of macs. Nothing you say changes that fact.

> About the final point—are Macs really "high cost"?

There are zero low cost macs, while other low cost computers are abundant.

> If a Mac is $2100 instead of $700, that's only a few hundred dollars more per year, or $20-30 a month.

Your concept of what “average people” can afford is very convenient for your argument because you made it up. To most people a product that is $1400 more expensive is considered much, much more expensive. The fact that you have to invent a payment plan to support your argument says a lot.

I like macs, they are nice. But they are high priced and expensive. They can be both worth the extra money while also being too high priced for a huge number of average people.

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