and the only difference is the BIOS and the OS... So you are paying a lot more for the SAME EXACT HARDWARE, just for the fruit logo.

Your comment is "If somebody offered the EXACT same product for less I would happily buy it from them and not Apple."

I just gave you an example of two of the pieces of hardware that are exactly the same... Do I need to go through the entire machine and do the same thing for each and every piece in it to show you that everything IS the same except the BIOS and OS? You need the BIOS to run the OS, otherwise the Apple OS would run just fine on a none Apple PC.

You are paying a huge premium to run that APPLE OS on the same exact hardware you can buy for less than half the price.

It is as if your sails suddenly became worth so much more just because you have a Weems and Plath compass on board.