Historically I'd say because macs long have been the only computers with good screen, keyboard and trackpad. Comparatively even expensive windows laptops used to have trash keyboards and trackpads even if they did offer better specs. In recent years only things like dell xps come close and those not really much cheaper. It's also the only brand that seems to allow one to configure a damn qwerty keyboard in Europe.
Currently, comparing the price for the macs with something like an xps, the m1 macs don't seem to be that bad a deal at all. If I could fully run Linux on one I'd have it on my shortlist
Whenever I had to use an apple laptop all I could think of how unusable that OS is. The constant animations that slow you down, the ever disappearing bottom panel, many more details that make the experience much inferior to something like Kubuntu. I think a big part of the m1 is marketing. You can get a great laptop for a fraction of the price of a macbook, replace the screen to the best IPS screen on the market and have unsoldered RAM and SSD. Apple is a joke and treats its customers like sheep.
What I would want to know is what would compel someone to pay the exorbitant Mac prices to run Linux?
Historically I'd say because macs long have been the only computers with good screen, keyboard and trackpad. Comparatively even expensive windows laptops used to have trash keyboards and trackpads even if they did offer better specs. In recent years only things like dell xps come close and those not really much cheaper. It's also the only brand that seems to allow one to configure a damn qwerty keyboard in Europe.
Currently, comparing the price for the macs with something like an xps, the m1 macs don't seem to be that bad a deal at all. If I could fully run Linux on one I'd have it on my shortlist
Whenever I had to use an apple laptop all I could think of how unusable that OS is. The constant animations that slow you down, the ever disappearing bottom panel, many more details that make the experience much inferior to something like Kubuntu. I think a big part of the m1 is marketing. You can get a great laptop for a fraction of the price of a macbook, replace the screen to the best IPS screen on the market and have unsoldered RAM and SSD. Apple is a joke and treats its customers like sheep.