Mac. 🤢🤢🤢
Haha I had an iMac for years and loved it. But still far too overpriced imo. I just spent 2k on an MSI PC. Just more bang for your buck with PC.
You could set up a decent gaming rig for $600-$1000 if you build it yourself. Even cheaper depending on how you source the parts. I'm running a rtx 2070 and 2x SSD drives (one for w10 and one for Manjaro) + a 4tb platter for storage. That's overkill for gaming.
But, yeah if you want to stay on the cheaper end you could probably set something up for 600-700 that can run any new games. Maybe not at max settings, but will still run them well.
Checkout linustechtips on YouTube. He does some cheaper gaming builds that can maybe give you some ideas.
Hardware-wise you are probably right.
But I like being inside the Apple Ecosystem. Everything works so smoothly with my iPhone, iPad, and iMac. I also like MacOS. Airdropping files for instance I use all the time. Basically...it does what I want from stuff nowadays..it just works.
I'll check out Linus for some ideas. Thanks!