Apple stays in business not for their superior hardware, which quite frankly on the PC end of things is just commodity hardware that's in any other PC stuffed into a slickly designed case, but for the whole experience. Owning a Mac is a real smooth ride, the hardware and software combined make for a real nice out of the box experience for people not into Windows, and said people are willing to pay the premium for the experience.
The people I know who buy Mac's buy them because they prefer OSX. That's not to say one cannot make a Hackintosh, because you can with very little trouble. These people know that a similarly equipped Windows PC would be much cheaper, but millions of people a year keep buying Mac's. This being said, the new 5k display on the iMac is really, really impressive when you use it. I spent more money on my 4k capable gaming PC than I would have versus buying a new 5k iMac. I'm not a Mac user, so on a personal level the things really don't interest me, but they are just gorgeous display wise. Said Mac wouldn't run the games I would require it to, so even if it was $1500 cheaper, it still wouldn't be an option for me. I'd recommend everyone try one of the new iMac's, even if you have no interest in owning one. They are really, really nice to use, and the display will stun you.
Same goes for iPhone's and iPad's. The hardware is nothing special, specs wise. The cheap Android phone I am currently using (Alcatel Idol X+) has a display that rivals the iphone. My Android tablets were half the price of an ipad, etc. People but the Apple products for the full experience, and in the case of iOS devices, for the ecosystem and OS itself. The Android apps ecosystem still pales in comparison to the iOS one, and I say that as a happy, fulltime Android user that owns several Android devices.
I've always found the Apple hate ironic within the Amiga community, really.
People gripe constantly about overpriced Mac's, but have no qualms about shelling out $3000+ for an X1
My SAM, after I ended up building it, with OS, mobo, HD's, case and everything else it needed components wise cost me more new when I bought it in 2008 that an iMac would have. Friends IRL told me that I was a lunatic for spending that much money on this "godforsaken" platform, but I don't ever regret buying it.
It's fun, and that's all I expect out of a computer. That to me is the great thing about modern computing - choice.