Three thoughts here: <br><br>1) Florin is the man. /agree 100% with everything he said regarding business class leading to durability leading to longevity. <br>2) My average life-cycles for Mac OS-based machines is 5-7 years. For Windows-based machines, 3-4 years. <br>
3) I don't buy laptops to meet my current requirements. I buy them to destroy my performance requirements by a factor of 2x - especially if they are windows-based. While the cost is higher, the enhanced performance envelope dampens the seemingly inevitable performance degradation of "windows over time". I realize that's somewhat subjective, but that's what it feels like... <br>
<br>-Rob<br>