My 2c:
I just ordeed a new PB 15" the other day, and once I get it I will be putting my 5-year old Pismo into the line of fire farmore than I currently do--taking it on planes, to hotels, etc., on trips, into circumstances where I normally would fear damage and/or theft. Won't be as much of an issue once the Pismo isn't my frontline machine anymore. All the same I would be CRUSHED if my Pismo fell from a balcony, or anything happened to bring about its destruction. I don't care how much newer or better my 15" will be, the Pismo is my baby, the best mac Apple ever made. I don't unerstand how the guy can not care when a Mac dies. That's why we're Mac people, we tend to be emotionally involved in our computers in a way that PC peope aren't. So to not care just doesn't make any sense. I even have a PM 7100/80 and a couple other old macs (a performa 5xx, PM7300/200, a Quadra, etc.) that I play with from time to time because I can't bring myself to get rid of them--I love to fire it up the 7100 and play SimCity 2000 or Leisure Suit Lary. I would be crushed if any of them bit it. To se a mac person not caring about what happens to his macs, even his old ones, is not credible.
I too call BS.