My own view of the above exchange is this. I own about a 4 year Mac, and although it does run the latest OS it definitely isn't as fast a brand new machine. Funnily enough you can install Windows 7/8 on a PC even older than 2007 vintage just fine too. Again it's not going to be the fastest machine in the world, but with an SSD and increased memory it will speed it up. Some people like Macs others like PC, there are pro and cons with each.