What's so great about Apple products?

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On Apple PCs.

Yes, they are overpriced for less capabilities. Only difference is the user's perceived notion of a better OS, in reality its just different. Its not even safer... just not attacked. That's why at EVERY annual hacker conference, Apple falls first in seconds to just a few mins.

On Apple iPods

iPods simply were a better product in terms of user interface and music stores. Their differences in this case actually justified the far more reasonable price difference.

On iPhones

They are the same basic price as other new high end smartphones. $199 with contracts or $500 to $600 of contracts. However, they hold their value longer because they only get replaced yearly where as new Android phones come out every month or so.

While the raw specs are equal at launch and then behind shortly after... their yearly upgrade cycle does keep them close enough to Android's that its not a big issue. However, like PCs they are generally more expensive that a better equipped Android. But unlike PCs the better equipped Android many times doesn't blow the latest iPhone out of the water when bench-marked. Its usually quite competitive due to Apple using decent components in the first place.

Then again, like PCs it comes down to preference in OS. Some prefer Android's flexibility, customization, variety, and typically better sale prices. Others have iPods and prefer the simplicity of it working the same with iTunes and the, like PCs, incorrect perception that its safer/more stable/etc.

But to say they are bad products or all crap, is definitely not true. Hell, I'd own them if I didn't enjoy freedom so much.