Steve Jobs passed away!

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Heresy! Classic MacOS was awesome. Way more character than that funky Unix thing they're using now.

Psh.  OS9 and back were serious crap, and yes, I had to support them (back to OS 7.5 or so) on a professional level.

Steve Jobs, however, was definitely one of the home computing pioneers and back in the 80s the Apple II made a big difference at home and in schools.  I preferred the C64 (it was better!) but the Apples definitely had a presence, while not superior in capabilities to the C64 they seemed much more durable.  I still have a IIe in the garage, it might be time to try to get it to do something.

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I'd love to know where we buy these $500 non-Apple iMacs

In pieces at your local computer parts store.  Sony is a bad example, they charge a premium for their hardware design as well.

I've run OSX86 on $300 Dells, back in 2007 or so.

edit: oh, unless you're looking for the all-in-one format, sure, those are harder to find.  I've got a $400 Dell all-in-one here that might be worth a shot, but I think that particular form factor is overrated and would prefer a laptop.