G’day,
2 recent threads have gotten me thinking of a new and amazing way to analyse my Mac obsession… Cost per day.
(I’ll help with the math!) 
This counts as your “daily” machine that you use consistently, not one you dig out now and then for show - Cosmic, I’m looking at you and your TAM!
So -
Purchase — Mac — Duration — Per Day
$2,000.00 — Classic — 457 — $4.38
$2,995.00 — LCIII — 1552 — $1.93
$ 800.00 — Q840av — 30 — $26.67
$4,400.00 — TAM — 5966 — $0.74
$1,850.00 — eMac — 2130 — $0.87
$ 600.00 — PB G3 — 1736 — $0.35
$1,350.00 — MBP CD2 — 2616 — $0.52
$ 99.00 — PMG5 i — 610 — $0.16
$ 150.00 — PMG5 ii — 759 — $0.20
$ 800.00 — iMac CD2 — 1096 — $0.73
Average 4.6 years per device, at $1.10 per day (if you exclude the Q840av).
The stand-out obviously is the Q840av, purchased 2nd hand, and dying within the month from a lightning strike, D’oh! And on the other end, “Wonky”, the first PMG5 from Cashies at $99, admittedly was a piece of shit, but was cheap.
Cheers
cosmic
