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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK...for those of us who don't just happen to have $1,000+ sitting around for a Mac anything...  :shock:  :?  :(

How about some realistic, "it will last through high school options" in the $300-$600 range incl. software! ! !   Something high value (and expensive does NOT mean high value to me. )  Who has educational discounts for either the computer or software?[/quote]

If you look at material and component costs, it is clear that there are no decent laptops at the $300 price point:  a good screen is $80; solid keyboard is 30; trackpad, 20; CPU 30 (low end); memory, 50; Motherboard, $40; case, $40; Batteries, $30; total: $320. and this allows no profit (these are approximate OEM costs; I would have to pay about 2x for it) ..now you can get it cheaper, but there is a huge sacrifice in quality.

At $500, you can get an acceptable, but slow lap top.

To get something comparable (in quality)  to a MacBook Air or MacBook, you would have to pay as much if not more than the Apple product.  Apple makes more per computer not because they charge more, but because the manage the supply chain better, keeping the costs down (they buy a lot of what they buy reducing the component costs).  There are no low-end Apple products.

-- someone who is always looking for the sweet spot in price vs performance on computes.[/quote]

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