I've driven automatic Japanese cars for the last 20 years or so. Not a single problem ever! My wife's automatic 1989(!) Nissan Sunny is still running on its original transmission oil! Guess they have better QC than Detroit! As to Macs, I only know them from hearsay....
I probably wouldn't mind having a Mac if I only used my computer for e-mail and word processing. I also wouldn't mind having automatic transmission in my car if I wanted to be able to zone out, drink coffee, talk on my cell phone, or sing to music instead of paying close attention to my driving.
Exaclty. The people whom I know and discuss with are converting to macs because they compare the more expensive macs to their buggy low end pcs.