I've ownd several window based notebooks. Dell, Hp All of them broke. My last one was a HP and it cost me almost 1600 dollars. Broke 3 days after the warenty ran out. The hingins broke "both of them" hard drive broke intearnly, Mot her board shorted out. I ended up selling it to a freind for 50 dollars.

Ive priced some macs and they are not cheap.