Except it's not a fine Italian motorcycle which is for leisurely cruises along mountain roads and tweaking in your garage - it's for getting work done.

> Well the owner should have thought about that before they decided to plan on commuting with it.

No.

If I spend thousands of dollars on something it had better be built to last. It's not an Italian motorcycle. It's supposed to be a high quality tool. I pay those prices because I am serious about what I do and need the best tools to get me there. That was what Apple used to bring to the table and was why I would pay those prices. I have a 2013 MBP that I paid an arm and a leg for at the time it came out. Its still a great machine and I have no complaints. I plan to hang onto it for as long as I can.

Contrast that with my wife. She has the latest gen mbp and her keyboard stopped working today. Keep in mind that this is the one that apple sent us as a replacement for the first one she bought which also had keyboard problems. We had to bring in 4 times to the genius bar and leave for weeks at a time before finally putting our foot down. These machines are lemons.

I don't spend money on this stuff for status or bragging rights. I have shit to do and I will spend what I have to spend to not have my tools hinder me. I don't trust apple to deliver that anymore which sucks because I have invested a lot in their ecosystem.

PS. my wife is selling that POS computer and buying an X1 Carbon. I will be too when the time comes. Apple has squandered a decade of goodwill with this shit and I am now actively working at getting out of their ecosystem.

It's called "pro". I could understand an iPad or Macbook Air being a fashion accessory.

> "These are fine Swiss rifles, not AKs."

"Fine swiss rifles" are known for being expensive to manufacture, not for being fragile.

Incidentally, why can I buy a fine Swiss watch that works 500 feet under the ocean, but not a fine "Swiss"(Cupertino) laptop that can withstand a few drops of tap water?

My fine Swiss rifle from 1896 still shoots straight. It's been only minimally maintained since it was rebuilt in 1931.

Literally form vs function - Define "fine":

Apple: look at that fine ass, lets advertise the shit out of it and make a huge markup.

Swiss Arms Co: Look at the fine workmanship and high tolerances, this is a piece that will shoot straight and last.

I changed my metaphor to be more appropriate.

> This is a fine Italian motorcycle, not a Russian dirtbike

It's supposed to be German. It's supposed to look good and last forever.

So its good that macbooks break easily and are expensive to repair because it shows you are rich?

Riiiight...

This is one of the top 5 most entitled comments I've ever read on the internet, congratulations! Glad you can use your 'fine Italian Motorcycle' for work every day while us peasants have to deal with our reliable workhorses.