Apple is like North Korea. They want to be separate from everyone else, creating their own god-awful proprietary ecosystem. And some brainwashed retards think they're amazing. They'll say: "Oh I use Apple because I don't care about nerdy computer parts" THEN WHY ARE YOU PAYING SO MUCH??? Price to performance is important. How much you are paying vs. how much you are getting. With Apple, you're paying through the ass and not getting a whole lot. Because a company is only as good as its marketing. They make it seem like they're the only option and hide their plentiful design flaws and incompatibilities. They made their own proprietary NVME ssd's, so you can't upgrade and servicing will be outrageously expensive. They made their own power and data connector, because they don't want to share with other manufacturers. It would be so simple if everybody just used usb-c. Nope! Not to mention they made their own OS. Inconvenient incompatible garbage. Why use Linux or even Windows when you can be limited to Apple software only? Doesn't that sound great? Now give us $8000. Milking money out of ignorant stupid people. That's innovation right there!