The Apple II I bought 28 years ago still works fine, and I have a bunch of antique Macs that still work. In general, Apple manufactures the best, most reliable computer systems for consumers.
^^^^^^^^^The only problem I've experiences was when of the hard disk drives failed and had to be replaced.^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ouch. Sounds like you fell within that 23%.
^^^^^^^^^^^Of course, Apple gets their disk drives from the same manufacturers the rest of the PC industry uses, so it's not a Mac-specific problem.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Obviously. The HD is the most problem prone part of the computer because it's mechanical.(besides the dirt cheap winmodems that are thankfully leaving the scene slowly)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^The Apple II I bought 28 years ago still works fine, and I have a bunch of antique Macs that still work.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, Apple's quality control was alot better back then. Even looking at a G4 and G5 side by side(on the inside, not outside) shows where things have been headed.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^In general, Apple manufactures the best, most reliable computer systems for consumers.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's clearly not true anymore. Not if their failure rate is triple the industry average.
Now the macintelosh line may have pulled a turn around, I don't know. I don't have anything to backup either side..