From my perspective, the answer is an easy “Yes.”
When I look back over my 20+ year career in computers, I can look at all the hours I’ve invested in fixing crap that shouldn’t have been broken in the first place. The two systems where I can honestly say I invested less time on crap I should not have been dealing with were the Mac and the other was VAX/VMS (another vertical integration of software and hardware, BTW).
Everything else, but most especially Windows and generic PC hardware, followed by several flavors of Unix, has been a huge time sink. These days, I merely multiply my last billing rate for consulting ($250/hour) by the number of hours I used to sink into Windows BS and Macs look very cheap.
“These days, I merely multiply my last billing rate for consulting ($250/hour) by the number of hours I used to sink into Windows BS and Macs look very cheap.”
So you sank about 2+ hours into it? That’s not bad. 2 hours of my time is about 40 bucks.
40 bucks vs 500 dollars? Easy decision. Course, if you were making 250 an hour, I think you can afford to buy a Cadillac as well.