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Why apple products are dumb:

MacBook pro 17 Inch:

2.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 (Upgradable for 2.5GHz i7 for £200)
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM — 2x2GB (Upgradable to 8GB for £160)
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm (Speed of HDD upgradable for £40, you can change this to a SSD for £80 (128GB), £400 (256GB), £880 (512GB))
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display

Here's a samsung laptop.

2.2 GHz (Turbo-able to 3.1 GHz) Quad-core Intel core i7
8GB DDR3
2x1TB HDD (Serial ATA)
Blu-Ray drive
17.3" screen

One of these machines is £2,099.00 (~$3,400) the other is £1,364.41 (~$2200).

The machine with the considerably better specs is just over half the price. What the heck?

PS:
You can upgrade the macbook to have 8GB of RAM (from 4GB) for £160 ($260)
This is 4GB of DDR3 RAM - it costs £25 ($40)