I think we underestimate how hard it is to polish hardware to Apple-level tolerances.
Especially because:
1. It takes a lot of capital to even attempt.
2. The traditional players in position to do so do not have it in their DNA (Dell, HP, et all).
Especially because:
1. It takes a lot of capital to even attempt.
2. The traditional players in position to do so do not have it in their DNA (Dell, HP, et all).
And yes, the build quality doesn't match Apple. But actually I really don't care. Over three years of daily usage already and I can't really complain. Next thing I'm checking the Razer, Dell and Lenovo selection, but it seems I just don't need an update yet.
I'm a developer, I do hard stuff for work. Setting up a Linux distro is peanuts compared to the issues I face daily. And no, OSX is far from a usable operation system for my usage.