Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On 2024-11-27 12:52, Joel wrote:

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
 

You buy a computer SYSTEM.
 It's value to the end user is what the whole SYSTEM can do.
 Does Apple charge a premium for expanding the storage?
Absolutely.
 Is it worth it in order to get a personal computer system that
works as well as a Mac does? Absolutely.

 How is that not proving my point, that you're rationalizing?

 Because I'm using a complete system that works well for me.
 When I bought my current machine, I considered my space
requirements and got the 1TB option, and that cost me an
additional $250.
 I didn't do it for "bragging rights" or to declare my system to be
"elite".
 I did it because I USE the space.
 And I paid Apple's premium because life experience (more than 30
years using, selling, and supporting both Macs and Windows
personal computers) has shown me the value of a system that works
as well as a Mac does.
 My entire computer is the tool I purchased, and I looked at the
entire price of the tool I needed and the value of that tool to me
and I paid it. All in, the price as $2,200
 I fully expect this tool to serve me well for the next 5-7 years,
so the monthly cost is no more than $36.67.

  I am certain I could do better buying as parts.

Could you, though?
Could you do so if you assigned a value to the time you'd spend?
And by how much?

 

And having empty space isn't "elite".

 And yet Apple charges such a premium for it, that you would
think it was ...

Nope. Rational people don't think that paying for something
they're not using is in any way, shape or form "elite"?
 There's a saying that you should learn:
 'There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who
consider price only are this man's lawful prey.'

  And yet my parts are all good stuff.  Apple expects you to trust
that they'd only provide something as good, but you don't really
know.

You'll pardon me if I don't take your word for it.
Your lack of judgment in this field has already been amply demonstrated.