And lasts five times as long. For a guy who needs a computer for little more than word processing, it is kind of nice being able to throw the thing in a bag and lug it around everywhere I need it without it falling apart on me or breaking every few months. I have a long history of issues with my laptops, Dell, HP, Compaq, Toshiba, I've had a lot of laptops, this Apple is my seventh. Numbers one through 6 didn't make it even 12 months before I had to send them in to be repaired. Not one of them. Not one of those lived over two years, and most had to be sent in multiple times for repairs during their two year life span. I've had my MacBook three years and it has yet to need any repairs whatsoever. To me that is worth a lot.

I hate Apple's over the top, ridiculous and pretentious marketing. It really annoys me. And it annoys me even more that thanks to that pretentious marketing I get given a lot of flak for using what is actually a really well built computer with a really solid and reliable operating system.

You know what is really stupid? iPads. What a ridiculous device with a very limited range of uses.