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by warpspeed 5165 days ago
This hasn't really been mentioned yet, but to me a laptop is a big purchase, so I look at resale value as a factor. The cycle I keep is about 2 years on my Macs (and definitely buy AppleCare), then sell them off. Usually I can get about 50-60% of my original investment back, meaning I can keep the latest hardware for about $500/year (assuming a $2000 laptop). Then of course you can write off that depreciation if you use it for business.

I'm not as versed on non-apples but my impression is that they don't hold their value as well.