[MysticLlama]

Apples break too, just less often because they are built better.

Just as Dell Latitudes are, Inspirons are not.

Basically all Apple stuff you can buy is comparable to the business line of a PC maker, not the consumer line, that's one of the reasons they cost more. When you do a more fair comparison, the PCs aren't half as much, more like 70-75% as much.

Also, you get entirely different tech departments with most major brands by going with the business grade stuff.

The consumer stuff can be a bit of a sad race to the bottom most of the time. Apple not having that at all is one of the things that make them different, but PCs can be had that are just as good.