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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Apple has some nerve. They are charging $200 more for a a MAC Mini with 512GB SDD vs. $699 for the same machine with 256GB SSD. I can buy a 1TB SSD for less.
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It has been that way for many years. To get more RAM or unified memory, a larger SSD, et cetera, Apple has charged way more than they should. That is nothing new. A $700 Mac can easily wind up costing $1200 after upgrading the base model to something that is actually useful to your needs.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The thing is, you can get a lower priced Windows machine that will have better hardware specs then a MAC. So why spend all the extra $$ on a machine that you really cannot upgrade and has inferior hardware?
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Of course you can. However, I have Macs because I hate the Windows OS. I suspect many, if not most, Mac owners feel the same way. I'm willing to pay a premium if I get a computer that is more to my tastes than anything running Windows would be. If I have to choose between a Chevy and Toyota, I'll pay the extra and get a Toyota because I know it will likely be a much better experience for me. To each their own of course, but I much prefer the Mac computing experience to that of Windows, and I will pay a premium for it whenever I can afford to do so.
BTW, I had a decades long career in the high tech industry. Most of my office computers were Windows machines. I had no choice but to use them. I have always had so much better of an experience with my Macs though, and once I retired it was great to be able to switch over to Macs again. I started with Macs and DOS machines 40+ years ago. DOS always sucked, and Windows never was a good experience. Again, to each their own...