A 'hidden cost' of being a pro Locked

PenguinPhotoCo wrote:

...

So it's buy apple or you bought 'cheap'?

I have free unlimited lifetime support...is there something better i'm not aware of?
Through costco I have 100% refund/return for I think 90 days, but it may be longer. I don't know anyone that offers a deal like that.

The 'issue' is the time it takes to move over 1.2tb of data, install software, run the updates on it, etc. Not sure anyone I'd have bought a computer from would have done this for me. I'm sure there are local services that could be hired - but I'd still have to dig out the disks, make a list of software to DL, find the serial numbers, etc. And perhaps explain where I wanted what. And pay them how much per hour to sit there and feed disks and transfer files around?
Instead I picked a week with nothing going on business wise - all my orders for christmas are done and should anyone call for something they can't have it for christmas now anyway.
As for a bad motherboard I only found that because I DID the work myself and its a warranty fix anyway and how many here have spend how many trips to the store trying different copies of the same lens, sending lenses back to the manufacturer only to be told they're within spec...THAT my friend is a waste of one's time.

--
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. -Henry Ford