16-Inch M3 Max MacBook Pro Now Costs $7,200 With All Upgrades

[Unregistered 4U]

And dont forget that apple users are so heavily invested mentally and financialy into apple eco system

Half of the folks buying Macs in a year are not invested at all into apple eco system, they’re completely new to Mac.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

It started well before his death - it started with him returning to Apple.
Right with the first iMacs, iPods and iPhones - and continued with aluminum unibody MacBooks.

Right, actually started WELL before his death. It started with the Mac (which he did NOT want to have Apple II type slots). The Mac II with slots ONLY came about once SJ had left. When he came back, he introduced the slotless iMacs.