ssgbryan posted at 6:34AM Tue, 04 February 2020 - #4378900

EClark1894 posted at 11:39PM Mon, 03 February 2020 - #4378826

Afrodite-Ohki posted at 4:24PM Mon, 03 February 2020 - #4378825

I've never liked Apple. But a lot of it has to do with the fact that the cheapest Apple computers here are the price of a good, brand-new car, and the most expensive Apple computers here are the price of an actual, good house with three bedrooms and a backyard in a good neighborhood.

I remember when I was back in college, I used to joke that I could buy a used car for the price of a new Mac Classic. But a new car? Damn, girl, where do you live?

The 1st 5 generations of Mac Pros were price competitive with their Windows brethren. The trashcan, not so much, and then there is the 7,1.

A fully maxed out Mac Pro 7,1 is over 53,000USD. It is aimed at places like Industrial Light and Magic. Not the folks that kept the lights on during the 1990's.

I started with Macs back in the 80's. They were expensive, but not ludicrously so. Ilast updated my hardware with the Mac Mini 2 which was around $700. Since then, I've just upgraded the OS which for the most part was free. I finally, could upgrade anymore and just switched over to a Windows laptop I owned. So I haven't kept up with the price on Apple's stuff in a while.