Reply #23

What you said is exactly my point. For instance, HP is currently adverting their new "Ultrabook," which starts at $999. Starts at $999. The same price the MacBook air sold for when it was introduced well over a year ago. But now the MacBook Air has advanced, the HP is still catching up, but the people like DireStrike are hellbent on believing that somehow the Macs MUST cost too much! Dammit, they've spent years telling themselves this! But we've know all along that when you actually use the same level of components, the same quality parts, not cheap shit from the used computer store, then yes...no one can build a computer similar to what Apple offers for any less money. Certainly you can buy a CHEAPER computer. Fewer ports, expansion bays, low-end power supply, etc, etc...but, as with buy purchasing any item of true quality, that quality will cost you a bit more. Buy in the end, you'll have a quality product that lasts, not a POS hand-made machine you created with used parts from the computer thrift shop.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Some people like doing that. But some people don't.