<p>Wow, this is a blast from the past. Allow one anecdotal, fast-forwarded look …</p>
<p>2 years later …</p>
<p>Having been lifelong PC users and owners, following Esquette’s counsel (and at 2 cents/hour!), our daughter’s best bud, and a whole bunch of others that seemed increasingly persuasive, my daughter jumped in and pushed us to get the Mac. And now, almost 2 years after the plunge, knock on wood, she has had not one single “burp” on the MAC and has sworn off PC’s for life, with preference for her Apple. And she uses it constantly and everywhere she goes.</p>
<p>And like newmassdad, we’ve had one and only one Dell, w/ bell-and-whistle service contracts that have been nothing short of misery. No more for us. Conversely, I can say, a heavy user pal swears by them. So I’m not sure which of our cases is anomaly.</p>
<p>But I can say for certain …our future purchases will be to pay a little more for a whole lot less grief. Apple.</p>