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Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells
An anonymous reader writes "C|net is highlighting the astonishing cost of Apple laptop hardware upgrades, compared to Dell — in some instances, Apple is charging 200% more for upgraded components, such as memory and hard disks. Either there's a serious difference in the quality of components being used, or Apple is quite literally ripping off those who aren't able to upgrade hardware themselves."
my personal experience is that the Apple hardware is far superior and requires less upgrades and that is why the cost is much more. Supply and Demand.
Seeing as how I enjoy building my own computer apple pretty much prevents you from doing this...Prepare to get fscked by the long dick of steve jobbs
And potentially void your warranty? No thanks.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
The cost of some Apple h/w is a f'in JOKE
For example, adding an extra 2 gigs of RAM to a Mac Pro costs £320.
A quick price check on Dabs shows that similar spec ram costs anywhere from £40 to £80, that's almost a 10x difference.
I would have bought a mac but their desktops are total ripoffs so I just made myself a cheap PC out of components again
They cost 200% more because owning an apple makes you 200% cooler.
And 200% dumber with your money. Apple buyers are stupid with their money.
If you look at Cnet's advertising you can tell who they are biased towards and who they are biased against.
I don't frequent the Cnet site, I don't give their reports any validity and I most certainly do not do business with their advertisers.
it just won't be a Mac.
for which you will be infnitely better off
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