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The only explanation I can think of...Craftspeople appreciate good tools. Good tools don't make you better at craft, but bad tools can definitely make you worse.
There's also the thing where at the start of a model cycle from Apple, you generally cannot purchase an equipment with all those performance capabilities combined at any price from anyone else. This is true of phones and laptops alike.
In other words, at major new model cycles, the full combination of practical function and durable form is often not available anywhere else at any price.
When your livelihood depends on your machine, you do well to invest in good tools. And "invest" is the right word, because these hold value.
By the end of a model cycle, other vendors may catch up or pass the price perf curve, yet the Apple models are built in a way that holds value for double or quadruple the lifespan of a Windows laptop purchased around the same launch window. This means when you buy fresh and resell two years in, you can spend less for the top of the line functionality than when you stay in the shovel-wear class of machine. (You can even sometimes buy direct refurb and sell a year later for as much as you paid.)
> It will never cease to shock me.
How to say you're not open minded without saying you're not open minded? :-)
