I was a Macintosh user since 1985, one of the die-hard faithful who stuck around all the way through Apple's late-'90s doldrums, but I haven't bought a Mac in y

I was a Macintosh user since 1985, one of the die-hard faithful who stuck around all the way through Apple's late-'90s doldrums, but I haven't bought a Mac in years and at this point it's hard to imagine why I'd ever feel like paying that premium again. Not that there's anything wrong with them - Apple still makes very nice computers. The simple fact is that computers in general crossed my "good enough" threshold en masse, roughly six or eight years ago, and I just don't care much about the differences anymore. Any machine will meet my needs, as long as it has an SSD and at least 4G of RAM. In this world, why would I pay $1800 for a Macbook Pro when any random $300 Thinkpad will do the job? We're riding out the top end of the S-curve here. That's okay; the market is mature. I expect that Apple can continue to do their high-margin BMW/Mercedes thing for years to come. I just don't happen to need (or even particularly desire) a luxury computer.