Yes, Macs are more expensive. This article proves it. I do disagree with some of the statements made in the article though.

First of all, they are using Dell. I have no problem with Dell, in fact, I would recommend it. However, they make a point that Dell doesn’t offer a combo drive. I think that i beyond the point. I don’t think the point of the article was to compare Apple and Dell (if it was they didn’t make it very clear), it was to compare Apple’s and PC’s. Just because Dell doesn’t offer a combo drive or anything else, doesn’t mean you can’t get it on a PC as cheap or cheaper than on a mac.

Secondly, the only way to get a mac is to buy it from Apple. If knew what kind of computer I wanted and exactly what I wanted in it, I could go to my favorite computer store and buy the parts I wanted and put them together fairly easily. And it really doesn’t matter if you don’t know alot about computers. It would be pretty easy to Google a tutorial on how to build a computer.

Having said all that, I still like Macs and OS X. I do still want to buy a Mac Mini (just something cheap to mess with). I like the Mac GUI and like the fact that they come with all the software and extras built in. There are also smaller things I like about it, like the F12 Widgets.

Macs and OS X are great, just expensive.