True, but as with ANYTHING else in life, people will go with an average, mediocre, or flat out piece of garbage if it's going to save them some money. They will also gladly buy/consume something that has been marketed to be easy but in the end can be nothing but a huge inconvenience. Besides, the story of why Apple is the position they are in, as well as why PC/Windows has such a huge market share is a long and convoluted one at best.

Like I said, I've gone with refurbed products, NEVER had a problem, and was always able to get a much better equipped machine than if I went the PC route for the same amount of money. And the the refurbed MAC's I've bought were usually at least a year old and still ahead of the current PC offerings.

Different strokes for differenet folks.