Logic and the death of competition

Tarekith

Logic has been cheaper than the competition for years now, especially when you factor in the GB of content it comes with. Hasn't stopped new DAWs from appearing (Bitwig), or old DAWs from releasing successful updates. Apple's price for Logic is so unreasonable for most established DAWs, I have a feeling they just treat it like an outlier and continue pricing to support their current infrastructure like always.

Though the recent trend towards subscription based pricing is interesting too.

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@syrupcore said:
Dells and Acers and the like are cheap because Microsoft ruled the world for a long time. Microsoft made money by selling software. They worked hard to make hardware a cheap commodity so that they had plenty of systems for which to sell Windows software. Apple's margins come from hardware so they're doing the opposite. Joel Spolsky calls is commoditizing your compliements. It's a great read.

I'll check that out.

Dells and Acers are cheap because they're built like crap. When I bought my MacBook Pro though the Dell alternative was more expensive, and the build and screen quality were highly inferior.

Macs might cost more, but in terms of value for money (excluding the Mac Pro) you're getting a good deal. iMacs are stupidly good value.

Pianokey88

@FrankieJay said:
... The cool thing about the Mac is you get what you pay for. That has also translated to the iDevices. They cost a bit more but they are the dog's bollocks.

This is true. Apple is not in the business of making cheap products.

Will

We're talking about different things it seems. I too think macs are a good value.