Originally Posted by AdultKing

The value of a Mac can't be measured in dollars unless you're including the value of the immensely improved productivity, especially if you're a programmer/coder.

Having Unix under the hood, being able to install any Unix package, being POSIX compliant, being able to open up a terminal window and ssh without having to install shitty clients like Putty.

Then add the best productivity that exists for any operating system and you've got a really good value machine.