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1) Macbook Pro 2015: Still going strong to this day. To my suprise, the battery can still last ~30 mins after a full charge.
2) IPhone 6: Camera died for no reason after 1 year.
3) Macbook Air M1: Screen cracked for no reason after 2 years. Machine cannot boot up because of it. Quoted repair cost was $470. I'm probably gonna shelf it. What's weird is that I know a couple other people that had similar experience as well (spontaneous screen crack with the MBA M1).
1) iPhone 3GS, screen backlight stopped working after 3 years. One component change fixed it 2) iPhone 4S, zero issues 3) iPhone 5S, zero issues 4) iPhone 6S, battery didn't like the cold after 2 years, swapped a new one for 50€, my friend's kid still uses it 5) ... etc up until the current one. No issues
Along with multiple Apple laptops, I'm still daily driving a 2015 MBP for my mobile needs. I did get a free battery and topcase replacement due to a recall around 2020-ish.
Multiple M1 and M2 work laptops, zero issues.
The best part is that I could resell every Apple product I've bought for a decent amount of money because people know the software is still getting updates for years and the hardware is solid.
The chicklet keyboards were trash though. Touchbar would've been nicer if it didn't replace the F-keys.
Apple MacBook Pro M2 Max
That said, MacBooks are not milspec, nor do they claim to be. Dell/HP/Lenovo make devices that support thermal variance and shock (Lenovo T series for example), and several companies make ruggedized devices for outdoor use.
The differences aren’t what you think. Police use cases primarily need shock resistance, wide environment operating range, screens readable in sunlight, and the ability to turn off all lights.
If you don’t need that, that isn’t always a good thing. For example, you can operate a Samsung rugged phone from 0-120 F —- much wider range than an iPhone. But… that battery will be toast if it runs hot or cold a lot.
I'm sure there's better data than this, but this is what I found with a brief Google: https://www.geckoandfly.com/6311/the-most-reliable-laptop-su...
The M key on my 2019 MacBook Pro doesn't work, Apple told me it would cost 2300$ to fix it. One key. For reference I could buy two more working MacBook Pros, identical to the one I have, for 2300$.
They are probably going to keep the laptop in ICU for a few days post key replacement.
I dropped my low grade Costco dell laptop from chest height. It cracked the cover on the screen and has a piece of plastic missing, exposing wires. It is still 100% functional for two years since.
The performance difference I see from the OS on my friends computers really makes me want to get an Apple computer. Hearing these horror stories always scares me straight.
Opening chrome takes like 10 seconds for the first site to load after double clicking.
A poorly written svg animation or something of that type on a web page will bring scrolling to a grind.
Clicking a stupid link that opens a modal in HubSpot makes the modal open slowly at 4 fps.
Facebook marketplace messages bring it to it's knees. This itself has to be a Facebook bug of some kind but w.t.f.
Little examples like that. The cpu is fine, enough memory, solid state drive, all that. Something is just off.
It's honestly just crippled by windows I think.
Seems like there must be some problem with your system.