There as a time when Macs were more expensive, but you knew you were getting good hardware. Now they're just more expensive.
My current MacBook Pro has defective speakers that crackle. I took it into the Genius Bar and they told me it would be $700 to replace them because of they way they're intgrated.
So I think I'll just use this thing into the ground and get a Framework for my next machine. Replacement kit for those speakers? $19.