&gt; I do not believe in buying a new computer every two years.<p>It wouldn&#x27;t help anyway, because that damn ball spins even on new computers.<p>I keep getting told I&#x27;m &quot;doing too much&quot;.  Apparently a $2500 laptop should be confined to no more than a handful of concurrent Apple-approved applications and nothing more... ? (and even then, you&#x27;ll still get those beach balls).