> In all other respects the MBP is the best laptop I've owned, after ~20 years of Apple/Microsoft/Dell/IBM/Lenovo hardware. I considered switching away from App

> In all other respects the MBP is the best laptop I've owned, after ~20 years of Apple/Microsoft/Dell/IBM/Lenovo hardware. I considered switching away from Apple gear but now think I'll stick it out. It's hard to find comparable trackpads, screens, software, and batteries elsewhere. My experience could not be more different. I’ve had two MacBooks die in the last 3 years: one from spilled water near keyboard and the other just booted with dead pixels one morning. To make matters worse, in both cases I was quote $800+ by Apple for repair. In contrast, I have Dell laptops with 2-3x usage going back a decade that still work just fine even after fairly rough handling and numerous spills. On couple of occasions during 2000s when I did have a Dell fail, Dell either sent a replacement or sent a technician to my house to do a full repair.