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Day-to-day I spend very little time making coffee, but that is admittedly the result of having spent years getting things dialled in!
Having a PID and a machine which can turn itself on then leaving the portafilter in really helps - first thing in the morning I wake up to a machine which is already pre-heated to exactly the right temperature for espresso.
Machine disassembly is heavy maintenance and only needs to be done about every five years or so IME, and my Silvia cost £263 in March 2013 so I'd definitely not call that steep cost-wise.