&gt; I&#x27;ve got better things to do with my time. I&#x27;d rather walk into the Apple store and replace my MBA or my iPhone when I&#x27;ve got a problem.<p>I don&#x27;t get the comparison.<p>It&#x27;s like apple users think the only options are buy apple (expensive, but &quot;allegedly&quot; rarely needs fixing, works 99% of the time, lasts a long time, etc) and a PC (&quot;allegedly&quot; breaks all the time, requires more maintenance, requires more time to keep up with, &quot;cheap&quot;, etc...)<p>Those are not the options -- it&#x27;s a false premise. There are laptop PCs which have the exact same performance &amp; reliability as apple, but for a fraction of the price. I&#x27;ve gone through 4 PC laptops since 1996. My first 2 laptops, I admit, I spent a lot of time repairing but that was due to my own youthful tinkering, experimenting and the general instability of earlier OSs (DOS, Win95, Win98&#x2F;ME, etc).<p>But my last 2 have lasted me 7+ years a piece. And I only decided to upgrade because they were beginning to show their age (slower compared to newer stuff). You <i>can</i> buy PC laptops with the same &quot;just works&quot; fidelity as apple. More options open up, and you can save yourself a fortune, if people would just eschew their brand loyalty.