You made impulse purchase, biLL,--always a bad thing when you're making a major purchase, because you have to live with it for a long time (though with computers, it isn't that long)--

Given that, when buy a quality item of any sort, whether it's a Mac or a Calvin Klein sports coat, or a Martin guitar, you pay the higher price, and it hurts a day or a week, or however long it is til the AmEx bill comes due--after that, you just reap the benefits of the superior quality. Buy the cheaper item, and you have to live with the cut corners and lower standards.