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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:27:50 -0800
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On 2024-11-27 12:01, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> So it reflects having an intact brain, to pay $400 extra for something
>>>>> i got for barely over $100, 3 1/2 years ago?  "Riiiiight".
>>>> It can, yes.
>>>>
>>>> Because you don't buy an SSD just to have one on a shelf.
>>>
>>> In other words, because Apple requires these payments, you rationalize
>>> that you didn't really need so much empty space, anyway.  Congrats.
>>> Meanwhile, I already had that much empty space, going back years.  Is
>>> it superfluous?  Maybe.  But then again, it's elite.
>> No, that's not what I said or meant at all.
>>
>> You buy a computer SYSTEM.
>>
>> It's value to the end user is what the whole SYSTEM can do.
>>
>> Does Apple charge a premium for expanding the storage? Absolutely.
>>
>> Is it worth it in order to get a personal computer system that works as
>> well as a Mac does? Absolutely.
> 
> 
> How is that not proving my point, that you're rationalizing?

Because I'm using a complete system that works well for me.

When I bought my current machine, I considered my space requirements and 
got the 1TB option, and that cost me an additional $250.

I didn't do it for "bragging rights" or to declare my system to be "elite".

I did it because I USE the space.

And I paid Apple's premium because life experience (more than 30 years 
using, selling, and supporting both Macs and Windows personal computers) 
has shown me the value of a system that works as well as a Mac does.

My entire computer is the tool I purchased, and I looked at the entire 
price of the tool I needed and the value of that tool to me and I paid 
it. All in, the price as $2,200

I fully expect this tool to serve me well for the next 5-7 years, so the 
monthly cost is no more than $36.67.

> 
> 
>> And having empty space isn't "elite".
> 
> 
> And yet Apple charges such a premium for it, that you would think it
> was ...
Nope. Rational people don't think that paying for something they're not 
using is in any way, shape or form "elite"?

There's a saying that you should learn:

'There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a 
little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider 
price only are this man's lawful prey.'