Speak for yourself. I used an old G4 PowerBook for grad school, and it travelled over 100,000 air miles, and into the various labs where I had to work, and also to far-off Asian countries for holiday. Plus, I didn't have to buy a developer kit: it came free with the machine.
My pc is my beater car, and it needs repair--regularly.
My Mac is the classic car in the garage, that only gets used for work, or safe places.