Quote - I have 5 Mac. Started in 1993. Ask me how many times I took them to get repaired... go ahead... The answer is Zero.

I went through four: * a used Mac Clone ("Power Computing" 68K-based thingy from 1995)... got bored with it though. Got rid of it in 2002. * a used (when I got it) PowerBook 540 (which I gave to a buddy of mine 18 months ago; it was still working just fine w/ MacOS 7). * A Macintosh Cube (which I tore the crap out of to modify for a bigger vidcard, bigger processor, more RAM... I sold it on eBay in 2003 for $700) * My current PowerMac Dual G5, 2003-present, and still running just fine. Same repair costs as you, though - in spite of my penchant for frankensteining the things on occasion. :) /P