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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cochese" data-source="post: 172453" data-attributes="member: 12249">Macs just work...until they don't. I always find it funny to hear 'It just works' followed by how many trips they've taken to the Apple Store to have something fixed (usually a logic board). I like Macs, but I think people mix reliability with customer service, which Apple seems to have down like no other. I say this as an owner of several Apple products. When you trade up every year or so, of course it's going to work well. I was in the market for a laptop a couple months ago and seriously considered laying out some extra money for a MBP. I was upgrading from a 2005-era XP tablet (which still 'just works', albeit slowly) and didn't know what I wanted, but I thought I wanted that. How could you not? It's an excellent machine (and the MBA) with excellent construction, a good OS that I wanted to explore, and a good buying experience. Plus they are cool. I could have made do with the 13" MBP, but as I started researching I realized I preferred a number pad and a wider screen.I ended up with a HP Probook, which is actually the guts of a MBP stuffed into a little bit bigger and less attractive shell. In fact, it's a favorite of the Hackintosh community. I hope to be dual-booting by the end of the summer. If it had an Apple on it I would have paid $2200, but with an HP logo it was $600. While I wish it had a backlit keyboard and a bit more resolution on the screen, the $1600 I didn't pay is better.No offense to the Mac owners out there, I may switch over one day myself. But it will be when I have a lot more disposable income.</blockquote>

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