Apple has had quality control issues in the past like any other firm.

I can recall shoddy keyboards, disintegrating cables, wonky power supplies, lousy antennae, and now that we’re entering an economic slow down, I can see cost cutting getting too severe.

What has also changed is Apple overthinking the plumbing. A great example is putting an angle sensor in laptop lids to determine if the unit is closed. Of course it’s a more complicated piece just for no reason and will fail more than a plain old magnetic sensor.

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