Overall that's fair. I'm not a heavy user and it's not my living. The warranty is probably for one swap but it's lapsed now. If it was going to break it would have by now but I have other options and they run to about 5 years.

I used windows for years for audio and it was always a pain. Having said I would never buy Apple anything, I finally got to try it and the difference is night and day.

That's just my experience but if I was doing this professionally as my main source of income, any hardware issues would be fully covered. It wouldn't make sense otherwise. I'd use the best tools for the job and for me that's Apple.

I do think it's worth considering the points you've made if you're in that position. My points were not aimed at those people, just at those in a similar position to mine. The discussion though, is always useful for the observers, so I think we've done ok there.

Happy Xmas!