Interesting. I was looking for a 'hey! It's cheaper to build it yourself!' post, but was honestly surprised. Looks like for all the high end hardware they're putting in there, they've kept the pricing in like (if not slightly cheaper) than a comparably-equipped Windows system. That being said...
How much would it cost to build a comparable Windows 8 machine?
While the hardware is one thing, the software is light years different. If you end up building a top of the line Windows 8 machine, then you just have a really speedy turd to look forward to when you make it home. OSX is an amazing OS. While I was a little bitter with Apple for not choosing BeOS over neXTSTEP, they've really refined it over the past 13 years (wow. 13 years since Puma was released. I had no idea until I looked it up). Extremely durable, fast, and lots of apps (even games), with an interface even grandma can figure out pretty quickly.
Interesting. I was looking for a 'hey! It's cheaper to build it yourself!' post, but was honestly surprised. Looks like for all the high end hardware they're putting in there, they've kept the pricing in like (if not slightly cheaper) than a comparably-equipped Windows system. That being said...
While the hardware is one thing, the software is light years different. If you end up building a top of the line Windows 8 machine, then you just have a really speedy turd to look forward to when you make it home. OSX is an amazing OS. While I was a little bitter with Apple for not choosing BeOS over neXTSTEP, they've really refined it over the past 13 years (wow. 13 years since Puma was released. I had no idea until I looked it up). Extremely durable, fast, and lots of apps (even games), with an interface even grandma can figure out pretty quickly.