I really think resale value on macs isn't highlighted enough in these discussions. If you upgrade your laptop every 2-3 years, Macs becomes significantly cheape

I really think resale value on macs isn't highlighted enough in these discussions. If you upgrade your laptop every 2-3 years, Macs becomes significantly cheaper since they generally fetch a reasonable resale value compared to high-end dell's and lenovo's. A 1500 PC that you sell for 400 dollars 3 years later isn't more much more than a 2000 dollar laptop that later resales for 800 (1100 vs 1200). Not to mention, most truly decent PC laptops are within a few hundred dollars of their macbook equivalent. I suppose the opposite argument can be made though, that if you want to buy used hardware PC's a way better deal.