I certainly did not mean it that way, sorry if it sounded that way!
One buys what it is their budget and take the best care of it they can to make it last and work well!
I did mean, IF someone has the budget, then I think they are wise to consider moving over rather than getting a larger laptop or more memory on the laptop, but instead put that money to moving over. For example, IF their budget is $400 to $750, then consider a refurbished Mac rather than an upgraded PC. I know people who recently bought PCs for like over a grand and that is where I would suggest - consider a Mac, with that budget the person can afford it and I think there would be benefits.
I have never had a Mac product meltdown in any way wheras all my PCs melted down eventually and some spent more time getting fixed than getting used.
Maybe I have just been lucky! If so, I knock on wood!!!!!
I found that they had a high resale value which I use as seed money for the next version if I want it. On the first one I bought, I happened to get a good deal and I used it a few months and was able to sell it for more than I paid for it. I then used that as seed money for my iMac. I expect I will be able to resell the iMac for what I paid at least. I just did the same with my iPhone - I was able to sell it, a year old, for almost what I paid and kick in just a little more to upgrade this week.
But look all this technology is something of a luxury anyway. There were many times when I had no computer at all and used the work computer or library computer or even my alumni center for free. And the pay as you go $14.99 TracFone got the job done and it could do so again.