I agree that this is the correct approach, and even do this myself sometimes. I still find it irksome that what costs ~$100 and takes 15 minutes on a Thinkpad

I agree that this is the correct approach, and even do this myself sometimes. I still find it irksome that what costs ~$100 and takes 15 minutes on a Thinkpad costs ~$1000 and takes a week on a Mac.