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Your last name isn’t Ragosta is it, sound just like Joe Ragosta the Mac zealot back then on usenet.

Nope. While I have an iPhone 7 for a phone, my main PC is a SuperMicro 9th gen i7 that I pieced together myself running dual boot Ubuntu Linux and Windows 10. 32 GB RAM, 2 TB on board SSD, 42" Dell monitor, Removable 4TB hard drives for backups, etc. 5 slots for expansion. No extra graphics (not a gaming or video editing box). I expect to keep it for 10 years.

The last Mac I owned was a web/DVD all in one that we used instead of a TV when my children were very young. It was wireless (wireless mouse & keyboard). I bought it used for $300 and served its purpose better than any PC all-in-one available at the time for the money (2013).

I have supprted Macs when needed professionally, and I have had clients who did well with them. NOTHING that I have written implied that I thought that Macs are "better", only that they can be the right choice in certain situations.

We are both pretty price-sensitive, but other people are not. I have never paid more than $100 for a phone for myself, but if I was pulling $200K/year, then maybe a phone that I live off of professionally at $1,400 or whatever isn't such a big deal. Such people are not necessarily stupid.