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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Question is, does the Genius Bar make up for the lack of availability of some programs, and the premium price (a $1200 Mac is equivalent in quality to a ~$900-$1000 PC)?
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If we read 'genius bar' as shorthand for all the various apple and mac differentiators, then yes, I can certainly see how it could be worth that much to someone ready to spend $1000 on a laptop. Plus they are indeed stylish. And no programs are lacking if the user doesn't need them. Many Mac users seems to get along fine. Plus Macs can run Windows now, too.
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And did you re-install, or clone a brand-new image in? Most people who do this will perform all updates first thing when they get/install the computer, then clone the HDD as a backup, it shouldn't take as long doing it that way.
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I did everything from scratch, but even if I had imaged it 2 years ago, it would only saved me few hours of waiting for windows update. There have been A LOT of updates since then. The two days included all my apps and such, but even if restoring it took only a few hours, the apple experience was still nicer. More importantly, windows machines tend to need this treatment periodically or they become dogs. I've not heard this to be so for macs.
Note this may be the very first pro-mac posting I've ever made.
ApK