You know..., it’s really funny about these “real serious problems” that some people come up with from time to time. I mean, I’ve had so many different Macintosh models over the years and haven’t been able to every get one to break down for me... what a deal.
In addition to that, I know a bunch of Macintosh users and I have yet to find one that I know how has every had a problem of the sort that some people seem to bring up from time to time.
I’ve had to replace a hard drive a couple of times, but that’s not the computer, itself and is no big deal (especially with constant backups).
I’m sure that there are *some people* who have had problems, but they are in such a minority, that they probably barely even reach a figure of 1/10 of 1 percent — total, if anything at all.
With all the Macs that I’ve had, I really don’t know what it is like to *ever* have a hardware problem...
My 17 inch Powerbook G4 had a dead on arrival motherboard, which was promptly replaced and returned to me.
My MacPro 2.6ghz x 4 blew out a Radeon X1900 for some reason.
Those are the only two hardware related issues I’ve had with Macs in my twenty-two years of use and ownership.