Wives are very influential! Glad you like the laptop! People need to use products they are happy with, and makes them productive.
An aside, there is really no need for the elementary school like behavior populating the various Apple related threads. They have fanboys, ardent users, and people who dislike Apple products. While the threads can have disagreement and that’s one of the purposes, the silly pettiness distracts from the content.
Oh by the way, Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
At times, I don't understand the fighting about products. They're all tools, you use what works for you. That being said, I also own an HP Pavilion PC, an M7050e. It has the docking bay for removable hard drives, and the machine has served me pretty well. Except that two of the removable drive cartridges have failed on me over the years, faulty interface boards. But the machine is fine otherwise. I keep several PCs around for Windows work as needed. I primarily use Apple machines, but as I say they're all tools and you use what you need.