Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

I'm pretty tired of hearing people say how much more expensive Macs are than PCs. They are simply comparing the purchase price. Sure you can by a PC laptop running Windows for about $700, while a similar MacBook would set you back about $1300.

I did just that a couple of years ago. I paid that premium for a Mac laptop. My two sons switched to Macs as well, but my wife continued to use a Dell PC. And every day since then our Macs just work. They run flawlessly every day. When we install software, it just works. When we connect hardware, it just works. We don't get viruses. And our computers look cool too.

Last week I spent an hour unsuccessfully trying to help my father install a modem in his Windows PC.Windows would not recognize the modem - which should be dead simple after 20 years of use - and would not allow us to manually configure it.

Today I bought a new HP OfficeJet 6310 networked printer/scanner/copier/fax. About a minute after I inserted the CD I was printing and scanning over the network from the Mac. Yet I'm going on about three hours - THAT'S THREE HOURS - attempting to install the same software on a Dell laptop, again unsuccessfully.

Three hours to install a printer driver.

Yeah you save few bucks when you buy your machine. Then you suffer every time you try to do anything.

I spent a little more to buy quality. And my MacBook just works.

Of course it's amazing that people who might understand the value in buying a well built automobile that lasts they 3-5 years feel the need to buy the cheapest PC even though they probably expect that to last 2-3 years as well.