They're comparable in the US, but in every other coutnry there's a massive premium on Apple hardware compared to non-Apple. Check out the prices on apple.co.uk or apple.com.au.
That sucks. Here, they're essentially disposable. Compared to salary and overhead, you can probably buy 2 MacBooks per team member and not even notice it.
If a MacBook cost 3x as much, I would definitely have issues over the build quality. My MacBook is currently duct taped together.
