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Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-the-apple-tax dept.

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."

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  1. This just in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Computer manufacturers charge way more than they should for components & installation.

  2. Re:Neighborhood friendly computer geek by twiddlingbits · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Your NFCG is about 10 times more competent with a PC or PC laptop than with an Apple. Most of them would be lost if you asked them to upgrade your MacBook. You can pay the NFCG now and pay extra to fix their mistakes later or you can pay Apple service now.

  3. Re:Apple by shemnon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    To me that sounds a lot like what antitrust is designed to thwart.

    But hey it's not like they did something awful like preloaded a media player into their OS or something.

    Yep, good think Quicktime and iTunes doesn't come on every freaking Macintosh Apple sells.

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    --Shemnon