My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

don't Lenovo and Dell have global support / repair plans at additional cost ?

Yes, the higher support levels have international options, although the details depend on where you are. (although afaik the apple-like case of "bring to service partner, have them handle it" is covered very widely, but .e.g you won't get on-site support everywhere. But well, with Apple you can't even get that in your home area, so yeah...)

Interesting. I've owned macbooks since 2010 non stop and each one has last 4-5yrs, upgraded only because I wanted something faster (ending in M1 which is incredibly solid).

You may be triggering some hardware failure vector given the frequent pressurization/depressurization associated with travel (particularly if you don't check in the laptop?).

This honestly seems like a terrible machine.

I own an XPS and had in-home service. I called dell and we agreed my keyboard needs to be replaced. A few days later a guy shows up at my door and replaces the keyboard. I never had to go anywhere. Obviously, the mileage might vary if you travel outside of the us.

But......again....that many repairs are downright scary.

There is also one anecdotal fact I want to add about apple. I have been told that apple is so amazing because they build hardware/software. I was tired of samsung bloat and only 2 years of OS updates. So, I switched.......I am having many weird bugs with the apple watch not syncing properly. Safari freezing on some sites, and some of these issues are quite widespread.

I just hate people who drink the koolaid, there is a similar problem when it comes to seeking opinion about cars. Some people just become part of the cult and will go above and beyond to justify buying a certain product.

I miss the old days of online nerds before "marketing" teams realized they can really advertise through social media and now you can't even tell what is real.

> A few days later

A few days?! Is this not a major problem for you? The author is right - a great thing about Apple is I can pop into a store in many cities around the world and just get things sorted. In some random city in another country with a conference the next day? No problem.