Okay but hold on a second, I didn't see this in any of the comments so far:

A fully specced new macbook pro with the i9 costs 6500 DOLLARS.

i9 CPU, 32GB RAM, 4TB SSD, and Vega Pro GPU.

I have spent, in 15 years of owning/building computers and laptops, around $8000 total. The fact that these numbers are even comparable is insane.