The future of PCs and Macs is expensive

[Onkel Neal]

The future of PCs and Macs is expensive

We've seen this coming for a while, people moving away from desktop PCs and to mobiles and consoles.

Mobile truly has eaten everything, and a very salient analogy is provided by cameras..... The new DSLRs of today are things like the $1,999 Nikon D500. I call them tractors: the number of people that need one isn't huge, but they couldn't get their jobs done without it. PCs are much the same.

Surface Pro and MacBooks are seriously overpriced for that they provide:

From Microsoft, we have the $2,999 Surface Studio, which scales up to $4,199 when you juice up the RAM to 32GB and the storage to 2TB. Also out of Redmond is an updated Surface Book with up to 16 hours of battery life and a $2,399 starting price. That portable computer maxes out at $3,299 with added storage and memory.


Apple’s new MacBook Pro family is universally more expensive than the one it’s replacing: the supposedly entry-level MBP, lacking a Touch Bar, starts at $1,499. To get a Touch Bar, the least you’d need to spend is $1,799, and if you want to go beyond 13 inches, the 15-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,399. Upgrade the processor and graphics, opt for 2TB of storage, and you’ll reach the incredible heights of $4,299.

Dude, a top-flite Dell XPS will handle games and work, looks fantastic, and doesn't cost over $1800.