that was definitely not my experience when I bought a macbook air a decade ago. after a year it was unusuably slow, and the insulation at some point flaked off

that was definitely not my experience when I bought a macbook air a decade ago. after a year it was unusuably slow, and the insulation at some point flaked off the charger wire. i went with a thinkpad in the same form factor after that (a year later), and I'm still using that today