This is such a weird take because it’s pretty well established that if you just need an average computing device that apples cheapest options are often dollar for dollar per compute efficiency way better than the competition.

If you need anything other than a base configuration that’s not true anymore because apple makes stupid money on their $200 upgrades of 8 gb of ram but if you are a low grade consumer who doesn’t need anything other than the base configuration you would be hard pressed to convince me that the base models of their products are worse value than their non apple equivalents