As to Uncle Vernons points, Apple computer owners very often times sell their old machines to offset the costs of their new ones. Getting 50% or more of the original purchase price back is a very nice thing.
That's nice for them,
just a damn pity so many of them cannot do it quietly. I hear that collectors of antique clocks can return a tidy profit too, and couldn't give a flying fernando about that either.
If we were talking about cars you wouldn't balk at the concept of resale value.
We are not and again I couldn't care less about any Prius or POS heap of euro crap you maycare to bang on about.
Most PCs typically have low resale value, to the point where we usually don't even think about trying.
You could see a similar trend for most hammers It doesn't preclude their being an extremely useful tool. WTF buys any tool for it's resale value?
But because we're talking about APPLE
Well actually we were talking about Apples deliberate obsolescence of their products. I guess that was your invitation to don the skivvy and bang on senseless about the virtue of white plastic.
here, we can't consider any reasonable thought
Clearly! You've undergone the Apple thought modification and now see it as your born again role to evangelise to PC users everywhere.
Also, you must not understand what it means to have low warranty costs.
No the only misunderstanding is your inability to STFU with your Apple evangelising, and your inability to consider that any opinion that differs with your own could actually be a valid one.
If you recall, warranty costs are entirely paid by the manufacturer.
No they are not! I don't see Apple subsidising the cost of a cross state trip to face some condescending twerp labelled genius. Nor do I see any recompense for the hours lost convincing said twerp that yes it is broken regardless of whether or not that eventuality was ever considered in his customer interface manual.
Either they try and screw you out of any warranty repairs or they do a good job of making products with low failure rates.
That or any one of the myriad other possibilities you have failed to consider.
You probably have no experience with Apple warranties
You probably have no experience with the principle of an open mind. HTF do you no what exposure or have or have not had? Just your in-considered guesses.
but everyone I've ever known
Well there is an indicative sample group. Did you all come to the same conclusion or was it something your read from the grand wizard's fortnightly newsletter?
has been quite happy and never been denied
Yeah yeah, and the girl with big norks plays a mean tambourine. Meanwhile back in reality land.
They even replace bad power adapters which are nearly always bad because of excessive wear.
How? HTF do your wear out a PSU. If the product has a given life, then surely it's ancillaries should last for a similar period.
Batteries are also replaced under Applecare (only because it's unlikely that your battery will die in the first year, it's also covered on the manufacturer warranty).
So only parts unlikely to fail are covered?
If you have little idea what you're talking about, it all seems terribly out of line and outrageous.
Perhaps you'd care to ponder on your own advice!
Then you compare it to the rest of the market and oh look, pretty standard. Surprising.
For the most part Apple is the only one of the majors welding the bonnet shut on service replacement across their entire product range, if you cannot grasp the implications of this your skivvy is way too tight!