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Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by reaperducer on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:00PM (#17377812)
in the past couple years

Anecdotally, the most reliable Macs I've owned have been the new ones.

The least reliable Mac I've ever had was a 17" PowerBook. I got more than my money's worth out of AppleCare with that one.

Ordinarily, I'd go off about cheap Chinese build quality, but the Chinese will build to any spec and quality you are willing to pay for. Also, according to Coconut Identity, the machine was built in Ireland.

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by jacquesm on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:03PM (#17377839)
> Anecdotally, the most reliable Macs I've owned have been the new ones.

That's because they're not old enough yet to develop problems. Reliability can only be determined after some time has passed.

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by reaperducer on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:15PM (#17377935)
2016 MacBook Pro

2015 iMac

2014 MacBook

2011 MacBook Air

2009 MacBook

2005 iBook

2005 PowerBook

Plus an iLamp I can't properly estimate the year on. All chugging along. Let me know when to expect my MTBF.

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by jacquesm on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:26PM (#17377998)
> Let me know when to expect my MTBF.

That's not how it works. MTBF is a statistical thing it doesn't say anything about a particular device. Just like smoking can give you lungcancer and your 95 year old uncle smoking 3 packs a day is not evidence to the contrary.

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by glorkk on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:00PM (#17378231)
What is an iLamp?
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by ralmidani on Friday June 22, 2018 @08:24PM (#17378660)
A little overzealous with the downvotes? I also didn't know what an iLamp is.
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by SparkleBunny on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:10PM (#17378287)
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by kimdotcom on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:10PM (#17378286)
I am guessing the G4 iMac w/ articulating display?
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by dsego on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:12PM (#17378301)
iMac G4 maybe?
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by coldseattle on Saturday June 23, 2018 @06:13AM (#17380482)
Obviously since you’ve had no problem everyone else is wrong. Maybe you’ll be on Apple’s next billboard campaign with Jeremiah Cohick.
Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by foobarbazetc on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:28PM (#17378390)
The least reliable, worst Mac I’ve ever owned is the cylindrical Mac Pro.

Cost 6k and made in the USA.

I hate it with the intensity of a thousand suns. It is absolute trash (and we bought two :( Even worse than the v1 MacBook Air I stupidly bought.

The best Mac I owned was some old iMac 24” that lasted something like 7 years. We kept passing it down the family until the screen resolution wasn’t good enough anymore.

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by nsxwolf on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:47PM (#17378496)
Wow, my 2013 Pro is the only Mac ive owned that’s never had a problem, and it runs 24/7. Mine was the $3000 model - issues with the different GPU perchance?

(I’m sure it will break the second I get home now that I said this)

Re:Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro by tonyedgecombe on Saturday June 23, 2018 @06:36AM (#17380531)
The v1 Air was terrible, the hinges crumbled before your eyes and the battery warped so much it affected the keyboard.