Apple does overcharge on memory/disk upgrades (as does MS, just look at the ahem 32gb Surface with 16gb of free space).
But generally I find Apple a solid buy.
You can get very well built Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo (and more) laptops still cheaper than Mac hardware; and you can run Hackintosh or a Mac VM if you need access to Mac OS.
> generally I find Apple a solid buy.
So do I, all I was saying was that if he doesn't necessarily need an Apple machine then he could consider a Windows system.
> Such a '90s cliché
Yawn.
But to address your point: Is hackintosh (Apple OS X on non-Apple hardware) legal? Is it a legal grey area? Some people may legitimately want to avoid that. But your point is taken - computers and operating systems are tools and people have personal preferences and there's a lot to chose from.