Comments on: Mac vs. PC Average Retail Selling Price

By: Steve Jobless

Steve Jobless — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:41:29 +0000

The only difference between Mercedes and Apple is that a bunch of poor people can by an apple while mercedes, bmw, and lexus is a exclusive brand.

but ive seen a lot of old people and children use a apple. because they dont know how to use pc’s and they dont know anything about hardware and value.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:20:44 +0000

I dont see the original commenter’s point. The difference between a Ford and a Mercedes has many factors. First off Mercedes is a high end performance luxery manufactuer of cars. Ford is clearly not and has a market demographic that is aimed at the middle class consumer. This analogy doesnt fit this argument as Apple is aiming at the exact same demographic as the pc but charges over twice the amount. The question is then are you getting so much more for your dollar when you buy a mac and to me the answer to that question is clearly no. A pc running either M$ or Linux/Unix can do all the same things a mac can do and in my opinion even more than a mac for much less money.

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:38:35 +0000

Hi Justin

I agree with your point here. Maybe it is just a difference in perspective. Personally, I have always chosen utility over classiness, and so have always found Macs overpriced.

You could apply the same to cars as well. I find Mercedes expensive too. And yes, there are a lot of people who are ready to pay for the extra-classiness that come with Mercs, but maybe not me..

Thanks for your comment.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:45:53 +0000

I’m not sure of your point here. I have always considered Macs to be a higher end machines than most PC’s out there. So because of that, they will be pricier than PC’s. Both are computers and mainly do the same things. One’s just nicer than the other.

Very similar to cars. The average Mercedes cost $64,000 while the average Ford cost $24,700 (I got these numbers by looking at both sites and doing averages based on all of their vehicles at their stock prices.) There’s a discrepancy there too, why don’t you point that out?