40% more expensive than the exact same machine?
Go find me a PC laptop that is as light, as quite, as efficient, as sleek, as quite (most PC sound like they will launch a fan out of them from how hot they get, when you do anything more than web browse) and built with as good or better quality materials...
I disagree about the upgrading part...
There's many tutorials on youtube MOST people can follow about upgrading RAM etc in Macbooks...
Also there isn't a need to upgrade...
Cousin has had his Macbook for 4yrs and is STILL as fast as when he first bought it, has never had a virus, has never had to reboot and clean system, not one hickup...
Yes it is an example. Though I have read that windows OS puts more strain on the computer than was Apple OS does, they showed all sorts of shit like how temps were 40% warmer in a PC than a Mac... I think I put that down to why Macs last longer than PC...
But then again I ain't a nerd and could be wrong...