(2016-05-25, 21:59)Travis Cobbs Wrote: Having said all that, I would be surprised if you could get a Windows laptop with comparable specs for a huge amount less; it's just that you have a lot less control over the specs of the Mac laptops. They all pretty much come with SSDs, which is great for performance, but bad for price. Many of them come with retina displays, which is also good for utility, but bad for price. And they tend to be very thin and light.
bit off topic..
I did only a quick lookup on a large Dutch price comparing site at 1100 EURO it lists
Apple MacBook Air 2015 13,3" 1440x900, 4GB, 128GB SSD, iCore 5, Intel HD Graphics
At the same price it also lists an (among other things)
Asus laptop -> 15,6" 1920x1080, 8GB, 256GB SSD, iCore 7, Intel HD Graphics
and a
Acer laptop -> 17,3" 1920x1080, 8GB, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, iCore 7, GeForce GT940M
Quality would differ off course but at first glance that's double the specs
