And that's what I mean by overpriced. They charge way too much for hardware you can get for much cheaper, and then they put a special operating system on it to make it seem like it's worth that much.
You can call it overpriced in your opinion, but life doesn't care about that. It would be overpriced if nobody were buying it because of the cost. However, they sell like hotcakes, because people are willing to accept that something which takes more money to make and that has a physically superior build is going to cost more than your average laptop. People who attack Apple computers almost always overlook the fact that the specs and features aren't the only thing to consider when comparing costs. Compare the price of a steel computer case to an aluminum one. There can be hundred dollar or more price differences, even in relatively cheap cases. My friend has a Toughbook, a $1500 laptop, with only as much power as a netbook and a tiny screen. Yet it cost that much because it can take being run over by a tank and take 2-3 bullets. It ain't even a Mac.
I get your point - Macs are expensive, sure. But they're not (at least as far as economics and business is concerned) overpriced.
