Comment by jen20

This indicates effectively trivial use instead of seeing a laptop as a business tool.

"Write on paper" when you're on a consulting site for a client is not an option - much less when you bill by the hour.

I've actually had the situation where someone spilled a drink in my Mac and I was due to give a conference talk three hours later - that was actually recoverable because I could buy a new laptop with approximately the same configuration immediately, and didn't ruin the week.