If you say you have to dump money into a brand new, already expensive computer right after you buy it, then that supports the argument the author is making. You

If you say you have to dump money into a brand new, already expensive computer right after you buy it, then that supports the argument the author is making. You shouldn't have to do that, and there are plenty of alternatives where that isn't necessary. The hardware in macbooks is not on par with the competition. The reason you buy it is for the OS. But even that has gone down hill recently...