Apple's products are widely hailed as better-built and more reliable than other manufacturers' devices, with greater longevity, better build quality and a lower incidence of device-killing defects. Ask most Mac owners, and they'll tell you their experiences with their machines have been almost completely problem-free.
I wish that I could say the same. My house is where portable Macs go to die.
In mid-2007, my wife bought a white MacBook. In the three years she owned it, the following things went wrong with it:
Late 2007: Upper case cracked. Known design issue. Replaced with used case.
Mid 2008: Upper case cracked again, in same spot. Replaced with new case.
Mid 2009: Logic board failed. Known issue. Replaced.
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