[adouglas]

Mac. Since 1985. Fanboy? No, not really... but the platform does everything I need it to do and it's worked better than the Windows machines I've used. I was forced to use a Windows laptop at work that literally took ten minutes to boot.

Hard drive failure? As if Windows machines don't have premature hard drive failures? Stuff happens. No computer is bulletproof.

My current home MBP is six years old and running just fine, thank you. I'm literally wearing holes in the keys.

To be sure, Apple has had their fair share of hardware issues over the years. I have a few colorful stories, one of which involved an office intern coming up to me in the break room and saying "Andy? Is blue smoke supposed to be coming out of the top of the computer in your office?" That was back in the days of the Mac Plus, which was convection cooled. We were using one to run the company BBS, so it was left on 24/7.

Platform debates are ultimately useless. We prefer the platform with which we are most comfortable. I've been using Macs so long that I know them well and moving to a Windows or Linux box would be more trouble than it's worth. What would I gain? There isn't anything I really need to do that I can't do with my machine.