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The "Cost of Apple Discipleship" is nothing more than economics - a product will survive in the market at a given price point as long as people are willing to pay for it. I like the Microsoft Office suites but I don't care for the Windows operating system. I have owned and used Windows xx, Mac OS/OS X, Solaris, AIX (IBMs Unix), Redhat, and Suse, and managed all of them in fairly large deployments. Mac-tard, Mac-turd, Machead, Macbutt...call me what you will, I prefer Apple. I personally think it is a better (more elegant and better quality) system (OS and hardware) than any of the others on their respective hardware. Now, the first 4 months of owning my Titanium PB I had to deal with a weekly "grey screen of death." This was most disconcerting to my Mac-tardedness but it eventually was fixed and my Macvangalism was quickly dealt a swift blow of humility. I guess according to Beeblebrox that makes me a Mac-tard...ok... Is the cost of Discipleship too high? Not for the disciple. It will be when they stop paying for it. I have owned a [used] Beemer before and I think it was the best built car I have ever driven. Is it worth the new sticker price - I don't think so - I wouldn't pay that. Would I own another one at the right price? Absolutely. Will something cheaper (less expensive) do the job? yes. Based on the market, I think the cost of owning the Apple lifestyle is not too much...yet...but I am just a Mac-tard...what do I know...