Then what is a macbook for? Expensive web browsing? I've been told for a long time that macbooks are for work. Programmers all over use them, surely. Suddenly n

Then what is a macbook for? Expensive web browsing? I've been told for a long time that macbooks are for work. Programmers all over use them, surely. Suddenly now none of that applies? To get proper performance you have to buy the mac desktop for triple the price?