When this was originally posted a few days ago the punch line wasThe smartest man in America took my ~~ suitcase ~~ backpack . We can both live . <| sep |> Something being expensive doesn ' t make it pointless . For your case Apple laptops are outside what you ' re willing to pay , but that doesn ' t mean that is the case for everyone . If I could afford to I would use a Mac as my third PC because it would be helpful in school where my Windows desktop and WindowsUbuntu laptop cannot be , but alas 3 computers is outside my budget . In fact if you went out looking to spend between $ 1000 $ 2000 on a computer for basic use a Mac is a better alternative than most windows computers for the same price point . <| sep |> Ah yes , we agree . For some reason I ' ve been downvoted and you ' ve been upvoted so I wasn ' t sure if I was missing something .