> As much as I don’t want to buy another Mac in the future, I have a feeling that I probably will. If my laptop has 13 repairs over the first 2 years of use (and under "very well treatment"), I would consider the laptop a scam and never buy from that manufacturer. But since the machine got an Apple logo on it, somehow all the problems become material for praising their repair services. If this is not symptom of Stock…
I have a 7-year old Asus laptop, the lowest price/performance I could find in 2014. Same experience. It has one faulty USB port, and the battery is getting weak.
Over its lifetime I did watch the temperature, and clean it about once every two years.
Other than that, it is only due to software slowing down that I bought a beefier desktop for work.
No returns or repairs needed. I also think Apple hardware is a joke. Check out Louis Rossmann on YouTube. I am linking one of his videos.