During the 5-year period of time the 2006 MBP was my main personal laptop, I went through a total of six work-provided Compaq/HP Windows laptops...one broken from a fall (that a MagSafe power connector would have prevented), three just flat out died (motherboard failure, HDD failure, etc.), only one made it to the 3-year corporate EOL policy. Of those 6 Win laptops with a standard corporate build, only the last two were similar in spec to the older Mac.Originally Posted by DavidEccleston
My old MacBook pro has lasted since 09, it had one backlighting issue and a software issue in that time frame. It still works. I am on my second Dell at work.
But then I still personally use the iPhone 3gs and last year the case had worn out and I dropped it and got a very small crack in the corner of the screen. I think 6 or 7 years that is very good durability. I also carry an iPhone 6 for work. Three times in the last few months I have had to replace the screen. The iPhone 6 is puny. So we can discuss reliability of the machines a few years ago and they have proven themselves IMO. The question for me today is how about the quality today and the MacBook Pro I just bought?
Well, I'll let you know my opinion on that...if and when I need to replace my current (but 5 years old) model.
Actually, I did have a company provided 2014 MBAir that worked nearly flawlessly (the only issues were software related and specific to the security interactions with the corporate network environment).
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