Well engineered? Pfft! Apple stopped being top notch quality when they jumped from Motorola processors & SCSI decades ago. It's the same or worse Taiwan or China manufacturing subcontractors that make everyone else's products. For the amount they charge vs. identical spec "PC" it better last a real long time! $1300 for 13in? $2000+ for 15in, right!
That said Apple as always gets by using older, proven components and likely is not trying to squeeze any OC margin out of them and then use a metal case which has got to be pulling heat away from the components better. All the laptop vendors should be doing the metal case part IMHO and then coating key contact areas of the case in Plasti Dip. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Bryan Seitz <se...@bsd-unix.net> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:18:44AM +0300, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: >> Yes, they do run hot, but somehow they do have longer life spans. I don't >> know why, the quality on the inside seems same. I find that with PC mobos >> the power regulator circuitry is the first to go. Both had that issue and >> since they are soldered on the mobo, it meant a whole motherboard swap, >> which costs about the same as a new laptop. So F that!!! > > I don't know, have you looked inside a macbook pro? Shit is like jesus! Very > well engineered. > > -- > > Bryan G. Seitz
