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I've been thinking about this off and on since you posted the OP.
Will, you know this: you have to decide whether you want to be a "Mac Fanatic" or a "Do-It-Yourselfer."
Mac Fanatics champion not just the machine; they champion the brand. When you buy a Mac, you are buying into a culture, you are buying service, you are buying a design, and you are buying an expected level of quality. You are buying a reputation. This is something you've stood behind in the past.
A Do-It-Yourselfer is a strange creature. They are contrarians. They go against the flow and do what they feel is right—for them. This makes you a bit of a loner, but it at least lets you go for what you want on your terms. Some would even say that DIYers are the only ones who do anything right. But, alas, you are really on your own.
Make your choice. Whatever it is, stand by it and don't let anyone tell you it was the wrong way to go.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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