My early-2011 MacBook Pro died a few weeks ago after almost four years of quite heavy use. It actually took hardly any convincing to get the people at the Apple

My early-2011 MacBook Pro died a few weeks ago after almost four years of quite heavy use. It actually took hardly any convincing to get the people at the Apple store to replace it at their cost - I'm not sure if that's because of Australia's stronger consumer protection law or because they knew how common a problem it is. They must have applied the heat transfer compound better than before, because with SMCFanControl running a bit higher than normal I haven't seen it go above 65 degrees C much now (admittedly I haven't done much heavy lifting with it yet) and feels cooler to the touch up the top.