Quote Originally Posted by Perrigrin View Post
Is your perception that you get more mileage out of the components in a Mac environment, or is it just simply more expensive?
If you like to think in terms of investment, you should take into account the resell value. Macs sell very well second hand. The entry ticket in the Mac world is indeed expensive, but the fact that your machine is actually still worth something significant when you want to buy a new one makes it very relative. That's a huge difference compared to the PC world.

This is especially true for MacBook Pros.