As somebody who got later into macbooks, and begrudingly had to admit they were objectively superior, here's what I'd like to know about a competitor.

1. Does the screen ever flicker?

2. Has a key ever come off?

3. Does it ever fail to sleep when you close the lid

4. Would you worry if you drop it from waste height 5 times (closed, but running, onto a hard-wood floor) ?

5. Have you had any driver problems, have you ever had to reinstall the OS?

6. Have you had it crash one you more than once every 3 months?

7. Have you had any glitches (audio dying, network problems, charging problems)

Saying no to all of these is my personal benchmark for my air. I haven't used PC laptops in a while now, so I'm genuinely curious if the higher-end competitors can compete on this reliability benchmark.