This is definitely a point of concern for me as well, but after doing _a lot_ of searching on Reddit, I couldn't really find any systematic patterns of failures

This is definitely a point of concern for me as well, but after doing _a lot_ of searching on Reddit, I couldn't really find any systematic patterns of failures popping up, and many of the reviews I've read actually commended the build quality as one of the best among gaming laptops (low bar, I know). And this is a fairly popular laptop that Dell has been refreshing in a similar chassis for quite a few years now, so I'm hoping most of the obvious kinks have been ironed out throughout the generations, and that it won't just spontaneously fall apart on me.