Deathbed question

I've 2nd thoughts about getting the Mac again! It's the ultimate guilty pleasure.

TBK has this to say:
Hmmm... well, the mac is a lifestyle choice, and you wanted to indulge too! You don't often go for the top-of-the-range item, and I know that you spend a lot of time with your PC doing various things.

It depends if you want to make a rational or an emotional decision!

Your emotions are telling you that the Mac is the right thing.

Then when you analyse the situation, you start thinking about the price difference between the Mac and the fairly-nice-looking, high-spec Sony Vaio. What's the opportunity cost here? Does it just mean that your next gadgets will be standard/mid-range (fine, no real loss) or is there something else deisrable you'd prefer to spend that money on? Will you look at the Mac and be happy you splashed out for what you dreamed of, or will you look at the Vaio and say "actually, this is pretty nice and does what I want at a reasonable price"?

I think I know what I'd do, it's your decision! Probably, either way, you won't lie on your deathbed saying 'I wish I bought that other laptop, back in the day before laptops became old-fashioned'... it's just one choice in a life full of choices.