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Would you pay full price for last years model BMW (since everybody likes to use the car analogy when comparing Macs to PCs) when new models have been available at another dealership for several months? I might be loyal to one dealership because of the buying experience and service I received, but I will certainly want the BMW that's faster and has the newest technological features. Unless I am wrong, I think that's the argument most of us spoiled complainers have been referring to.
Your analogy falls apart because often the only difference between automobile model years is the chrome and the model year designation. Since Apple doesn't designate models by year, there is no parallel.
The better analogy would be two different car companies, one of which (lets call it 'P') usually has the latest technology, and changed their technology yearly. And the other company (lets call it 'A') has cars that have last year's technology (or, heaven forbid - 2 year old technology!).
Company P sells new cars for less, with the latest tech. Company A sells - arguably - news cars with slightly older tech, often for a bit more money. Or - at least they appear to since they don't sell entry level econo box cars. However, Company A has the highest rated overall customer satisfaction. And they just toasted Company P's (And D, and L, and X,Y,Z) car servicing satisfaction. When it comes time to buy a new car, Company A's vehicles give the owners the best trade-in value. And most importantly, when you are driving Company A's cars, they drive well ... the fit and the finish is uniformly good. The controls are where you expect them, and they are intuitive (so intuitive, most owner's manuals never get pulled out of the glove box).
So, yeah... Company P's cars have a GPS system that talks to you, and the engine has 14% more power... but the fit and finish is a little plasticy (unless you have opted for a premium model), the controls don't quite make sense (and sometimes you have to hit the radio on/off button and the AC control to get the back washer to work). And of course your brother in-law has his P car into the shop every year for a week just to sort out a year's worth of "issues" - and he thinks this is 'normal' for all cars. That, plus sometimes it just stops for no good reason, and if the P car starts to become sluggish your brother in-law has to spend a weekend taking everything out of the car (seats, steering wheel, floor mats, dash-board, etc) and put them all back again. And he thinks this is normal too.
So, you drive by his place with a car that doesn't have a talking GPS, and has more than enough power to get you to where you are going nearly as fast as the P car would. You stop by and keep him company as he pulls everything out and puts it back in again... and you can't really help him 'cause you can't remember the last time you had to do this. And when you did, you just popped a DVD in the drive and answered a couple of questions and drank more coffee.
That, I think, is a better analogy.
