Actually, that brings up a great point. In what way, excluding practically worthless things like brand-name and style is a Mercedes NOT overpriced for what it is. Save for its ability to run OS X without extensive patching a la Hackintoshing, how are Macs not overpriced as far as computers go? In what way, excluding the aforementioned, style and brand name are Macs not overpriced? Sure Unibody engineering and 10-hour battery lives are incredible, but worth the premium? No way.
Finally, someone sees my point!
The unibody engineering is necessary for my computing lifestyle. I'm a college student. The daily life of my computer is waking up, being used for a half hour, shoved into a bag, tossed in a car, transported a hour down the highway, and then spending the day being shuffled in and out of a bag repeatedly throughout the day, then to make the reverse journey home and be used for a few hours. I destroyed my Dell through this process, and I'd say I handle my computer pretty nicely. Most "business" machines are built for the business place, on a desk, and never moving.
My school wasn't built for IT students. It was built in the 70's, when nobody could have the knowledge that in 2010, every student would have a laptop and need an outlet. The 7-hour battery life is very handy, even though I only get 4 hours max the way I packrat my apps.
The last, and killer feature, is absolutely OS X. One of my programming teachers is a contract negotiator between the school and Apple. If they found out one of his students uses a hackintosh, they'd be very pissed, so he strictly forbids anyone to use one in his classroom. On top of this, the class he teaches is iPhone Applications Development. I'm sure you can put 2+2 together.
Likewise, if I put all that use into a car, I'd get a Mercedes.
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