I liked Dave2D's (youtube) take on this.

They are tools. If you have specific workloads that these excel at in your job/hobby/money-making venture, then the price shouldn't be a concern.

Depending on workload, they are comparable to $1000 PC laptops in CPU performance... or $3000 PCs. Or PCs that don't exist yet!

As someone who uses a laptop for gaming, my $1000 laptop is infinitely superior to a $6000 Macbook Pro (for the games that I play). For almost every other use, the Macbook Pro is likely far superior!

If you do Final Cut or Xcode work, these are the best tool available to you.