I have to agree with you 100% there. I'm typing this on a low budget PC that I had my local computer shop build for me to my specs, and it cost me maybe half of what an equivalent Dell or HP machine would have cost me(even with the Win XP pro license I bought additionally), and a third of what the closest in specs Mac was going for then.
Apple may have a good product range, but they're worse than MS at lock-in tactics IMHO. I threw away my ipod shuffle(literally) and shelved plans to get a new iPod after I read about Apple updating software to break compatibility with Linux equivalents of iTunes.
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