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Opinion: The Truth About the Apple Tax 
Gizmodo | by matt buchanan | Fri, Oct 17
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Strictly speaking, the best value right now are the last-gen MacBook Pros—they're so cheap they essentially negate the Apple tax, and destroy the new ones in performance-to-dollar ratio. The older, discounted black MacBook is also a decent alternative to the new "cheap" MacBook model.
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