I don't mean this as an attack, but I really just don't get this attitude unless you're buying a laptop primarily as a social symbol or display piece. I use a

I don't mean this as an attack, but I really just don't get this attitude unless you're buying a laptop primarily as a social symbol or display piece. I use a laptop as a tool, and suspect that's true for more people here than not. I would argue that for a tool the primary element in design execution is achieving fitness for purpose. You want an aesthetically pleasing tool too, but no amount of pretty makes up for inferior function. It's debatable where macbooks fall on the fitness for purpose scale, and if they are the best solution to your needs, then by all means use them. But I don't understand how you can evaluate that and come to a conclusion just by looking at a picture on a marketing bit.