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Shuttle-Bored
Timely thread - having been burgled last week, and now being laptop-less, need to decide whether it's a replacement Windows based machine, or splurge on a mac....
One thing that's putting me off is the relative cost of a mac - I generally buy an entry level ish (£450 or thereabouts) and then replace it every 2-3 years. From a cursory look at mac prices, it's going to be pretty much double that.
Might need to call on Dave_C's expertise...
I don't think you need to replace Macs as often as you do PCs though -that's one of their plusses. I have a GV, ordered on the day they launched, so it's pushing 6 or 7 years old... and I'm only now having to consider that it might be starting to get a bit old and tired and need replacement. Obviously that's a desktop, so I can't comment on the robustness of laptops...
I will add, Dave_C convinced me to buy a mac, so if you go to him, I know what you'll be buying
