Feeling guilty about very expensive purchase?

>"I have a virtual machine running Mac that I've been working on this semester, and not only is it slow, but it also crashes often."

that sounds like you are doing something really wrong lol.

It being slow is completely a byproduct of your cpu is crap, or you arnt dedicating enough cores/memory to the VM.

crashing means you didnt set up something correctly or are using hardware completely not compatible with macs (such as an amd cpu).

Honestly if you bought it solely for making ios apps, it probably wasnt money well spent. There are other options such as running it in a VM, but also naively install mac os on a computer (see hackintosh).

I mean with a $1000 budget, you could easily have found a laptop that is completely compatible with mac osx that will install and run flawlessly, or build a really high end desktop with parts specifically for mac compatibility.

If you bought it because you wanted a mac for the reason of having a mac, then i guess its what it is.

But $1000 for a refurb 2014 retina macbook pro is pretty much the normal/average price. I mean impulse buying is something you do when something is in limited supply on sale. impulse buying on something at full market price, you honestly should feel guilty. As you should never impulse buy such things, as you should research it first, and see if its something you really want/need (if its not on sale or anything, its not like its going to go anywhere if you dont buy it right now).

and if you had done your research and thought about it prior to buying, you wouldn't be having second thoughts.

It's good computer and you get what you pay for. $1000 is not that much. If you are computer science major it is a good investment to have the latest model computer. It is important for your education. Expensive things work better and last longer. In 1975 I bought a pair of expensive sneakers. They cost $50 and I had never paid $50 for a pair of sneakers before. Actually I bought them at an outlet store and they retailed for $100.00. But they have lasted all this time. I have other sneakers and shoes of course but the ones I bought for $50 lasted 40 years.

There are worse things you could do with your money besides buying a nice computer. At least you didn't buy drugs. If you want you can sell the computer. But I think it would be better to keep it.

My macbook pro cost me $2200 in 2013 brand new from the apple store. So don't feel bad lol. If i'm not mistaken it might actually be the same model you purchased for half the price. I will admit, I don't regret spending that money since the laptop runs like its brand new still. Since you're developing ios products I think that you've made the right decision.

It seems like a good purchase to me. 10 years from now that wont seem very expensive.

Use that MacBook Pro to make sure you graduate and are much more likely to get a better job because of your "investment" of the Apple product for your future. $1,000 is a relatively small investment in a good future!

L it's normal

It's done, it's history. Get over it and make the best of it, and your education.