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cactus2093

Yes, Apple charges a premium over custom building a PC with equivalent parts. Not anything new or shocking there.

So add £200 to the base. Where’s my £1679 advantage?

Also I’m paying full retail not OEM prices for these parts.

Obviously Apple is not courting the pcpartspicker market.

This is competing against products like HP Envy 32, Microsoft Surface Studio 2, etc which are priced similarly. You pay a premium for the design and form factor.

Ah yes the design with the ports on the back that get scratched up, the unopenable case without destroying the screen cables, the dangerously fragile corners, the thermal issues, the proprietary storage thermal monitoring and the fact it’s all in one lump so if something goes wrong you’re in trouble.

I have repaired a few and own one (2015) I think the design is absolutely dire.

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