Most of the reports that stick in my mind (and including my own personal experience) are from people who haven't only ever used just one or the other but have e

Most of the reports that stick in my mind (and including my own personal experience) are from people who haven't only ever used just one or the other but have experience with both and are able to do in-kind comparisons between the two experiences. My Toshiba Tecra, Dell XPS 15 and Thinkpad T41, T43, X201, and X1 Carbon power cables could be used to haul trailers (figuratively) without fraying. Apple is the only laptop vendor I know of that uses an extremely fragile soft rubber sheath on their cables and no real strain relief. So, no, I don't think that's it. Plenty of other laptops have problems, but only Apple has this particular problem.