Comment Re:Here is actually WHY why you want a mac (Score 1) 732
I've heard this more often than not, but it took me two weeks and three different Apple stores to convince them that there was an issue with the motherboard...and that's with showing two different guys a MemTest86+ that was scrolling memory write failures, then swapping the memory modules into my laptop and having it test flawlessly. I literally had to have my boss take the laptop to a third Apple store and intentionally cause a scene to get them to replace it on principle, because nobody would listen, because THEIR diagnostics were coming back clean, but files were still going unwritten to disk. Admittedly that's just one anecdote, but Origin PC has sent me every single part I've ever asked for after ten minutes on the phone. If you're alright with doing your own hardware repairs on a laptop, Origin's got the better warranty in my experience.
I had to fight with dell for 2 months before they replaced a broken motherboard. And we (a university) are a big Dell customer.