wt21
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Ah... you realize Macs are now made by the same people that make PCs right? In fact, the manfacturer that makes Macs make bottom of the barrel PC components.
I've had Apple products since th Apple ][. Most have failed for the same reason. Cold solder joints. My Lisa died for another reason. The Apple suicide device kicked in as planned and killed it. I've also have had PC products since the beginning. Other than the one that fried when there was a voltage spike when a transformer down the street blew, every single one is still working. I still use my original PC keyboard. Those early IBM keyboards are the best keyboards ever made.
Personal anecdotes are one thing. Here are some statistics.
"On average, 22% of all MacBook and MacBook Pro computers in the survey required repair"
MacBook/MacBook Pro Reliability
The industry average is 5%. Historically, Macs are 4 times more unreliable than PCs.
Look at those stats. The 22% might be the average, but the failure rate dropped immensely (looking at the first chart) since the switch to the Intel platform. Also note that in general, there are FAR more macs being produced now than in the past, and the rates are industry average now.
So, I guess I will avoid 10 year old Power PC macbooks.
On iMacs, the white iMacs were prone to overheating. I've had 3 do that. The aluminum bodies have helped. On the other hand, I've never had the registry crash like I have on many PCs.