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I've slowly come to the belief that if a product can't survive light use without damage, it's not a quality product, no matter how expensive it is. This is why

I've slowly come to the belief that if a product can't survive light use without damage, it's not a quality product, no matter how expensive it is. This is why I prefer tough soft-touch-plastic ThinkPads to dentable aluminum MacBooks, super-reliable Hondas to repair-prone BMWs, and unbreakable Corelle dinner ware to delicate fine china. I don't need my belongings to punish me for being a clumsy monkey. A product which silently conforms to the realities of human use is a beautiful, and sometimes rare, thing.

bronson 12y ago
Interesting, I have the same sentiment but the opposite conclusion. The plastic case on my most recent Thinkpad spontaneously cracked around the fan vent. Never dropped, babied it everywhere, no idea how it could have happened. The laptop still works, it just can't be moved anymore. So I switched to an aluminum laptop. Life's too short to put up with crappy Lenovo plastics.