I had a Mac laptop that lasted seven years and survived travel to Europe and back. My latest one wimped out at four years; we generally get much more out of them. When I think of how fast some of my friends' computers have gone, and how much time a few have wasted on viruses and crashes, I think I'm doing okay.

My new MacBook was just over $1000 and it's very spiffy!

Always happy to find a fellow Apple Geek! (I bet Sam and Daniel would use Macs if they could!)