You're right of course. Honestly, I wouldn't buy any of them myself (the iMac included). But getting a better user experience does count for something. I'm just lamenting that it looks like the return of the Apple tax, which was thankfully going away with things like the MBA and the rMBP which really were better than similarly priced offerings.

  > Geeks tend to forget that there is more to a 
  > computer than raw numbers.

It's especially funny on a forum like this, where most people are programmers or are otherwise involved with the software industry.

It's like... come on, people. You make software for a living. Way to devalue your own craft!

Materials like that nasty alloy that Apple uses that people are allergic to! (Google it)

Yep...