The Steven Jobs signature on a document like that is worth about $6,000, the Apple I, about $32,000 (only about 300 were made)... the rest about $4,000, so his price is a bit high.

But it's a fairly good investment once Woz & Jobs are gone.

Nah, Apple has always built many of their chips, look on any Apple MB and you'll see several Apple ICs.

keep in mind USB 3.0 will never be used unless Apple approves it. If this lightpeak connection is the future direction, and Apple is behind it, it becomes the standard... then USB 3.0 will never happen.

what a worthless article, apple said no such thing. it's technically impossible for a Mac to get a virus, so this is just another uneducated attempt to discredit the most secure OS in common use today. the author needs to learn about permissions, root, admin, launchd, how osx doesn't allow files to be moved from one user to the next, on and on. sure you'll see a trojan or worm from time to time, but never a virus, that's impossible because of the way BSD Unix is constructed.

this article is complete BS, now you know.

no, you wouldn't want a SD card slot on an Apple product... that could cause less reliability, increase the risk for user error and plus, there isn't room for it... those take up precious room... better to put the ram right on the logicboard since ram is so cheap.

4GB is plenty for an iPhone... I've had my 4GB for almost 2 years and use it for all sorts of music, photos, audiobooks and have never gone over 2GB... a lot of people pass judgement that have never used an iPhone, but I'm hear to tell them, 4GB is more than enough memory. We aren't talking 4MB people! ... it's 4GB... gigabytes! geesh....

Keep in mind Blu-Ray isn't going to happen. Optical disks are being phased out and going straight to 802.11n, so there is no need for Blu-Ray on a Mac. Google: WiHD and you'll see why Blu-Ray as a "physical" disc will never happen.

And I'm surprised at the ignorance about how people think they can build a MacPro level machine at a cheaper price. That is incorrect... the case ALONE would set you back $260,000 for the tooling so it's not feasible once you understand that. Video cards are another example of posting ignorance. With a machine at this level, the fastest video card isn't needed... what Apple supplies is way overkill since 99% of these machines are used for video editing, music and high end tasks... not kiddy games.

Overall, Apple now has the fastest PC on the market, yes it's expensive, but remeber it's a Mac so its value will hold up far longer than a "box of tinker toy parts" that you would get from building one via Newegg or some such. Mac users want the best, and they have no time to waste, so please keep the comments "I can build one cheaper" to yourself, since that is simply not true.

Blu-ray is a dead end as a physical format... so Apple will probably never support it... spinning plastic wheels do not make sense in the age of fast wireless. Google: WiHD --- and you can see why Blu-ray as a disc format will never happen.

Steve Jobs said it best... "Blu-ray is a bag of hurt"

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Macs haven't been overpriced in many years, since at least 1998.

Maybe you are confused between initial price & actual value?

@ZeroCorpse -

Apple only builds stores where there is a wealthy enough population to support it, other factors are the percentage of Macs currently installed, the availability of very "high-end" retail space in a Mall or shopping destination and a workforce that knows Macs upon which to drawn from.

University towns already have a Campus Store so the need isn't as great to also build an Apple Store.

Upon looking at Lansing's City Data, you can quickly see the average income is too low to support a Store. ($34,367)

http://www.city-data.com/city/Lansing-Michigan.html

Income levels as a general rule need to be $55-65K before it will show up for consideration of an Apple Store. This will trend down over time of course, but don't hold your breath.