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mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 3 months agoThat’s not true at all. Macbook Air starts at $900. You can even find a used M1 Air gor cheaper. Absolutely was a steal compared to the budget thin laptops from Asus, Acer, etc. which start around $700. Once you go below $700 in laptop market, corners are cut. Perhaps Mediatek WiFi chips are used, laptop isn’t thin, touchpad is awful, screen colors are worse. Apple usually puts iPad + keyboard in that market segment instead.
Tl; dr: Apple products are more expensive than budget electronics but priced comparatively to items that compete with it. However, electronic prices in the high end tier are getting hirer.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
So it’s more expensive than the competitors which also have real budget options at easily half the price but then “corners are cut”.
You know, I won’t even argue about the quality of Apple products - they are top tier. But calling the pricing “a steal” is just dishonest.
They consistently averaging at 150-200% the price of comparable hardware at least since the 90s. While they may be examples like yours where the gap is smaller, there are plenty of outrageous examples like the infamous monitor stand or some ridiculously priced chargers.
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You are right about the accessories, horribly overpriced. I used to fix laptops for a living
I used to fix laptops for a living. I worked at a place where we had Apple products and stuff from other brands. Sure, you could buy a core i5 Toshiba laptop that had a similar Intel CPU (though Apple tended to use Intel chips with slightly more GPU performance) at a fraction of the price. The screen was garbage, the WiFi stalled,