Is it just me, or was Apple's best quality from about 1997-2001? This time period produced some amazing machines (2400, 3400, 9600, G3 desktops and notebooks, G4 towers), whereas after that, many problematic models (iceBooks, TiBooks) were introduced. Sure, there were some issues with the Rev. A B&W G3s or iMacs with bad flyback transformers, but nothing on the scale that filled forums like the dead-GPU iceBooks or leaking caps in the iMac G5s. I did like the AlBooks, though, because, aside from the whole failing lower RAM slot thing, they were solid, fast machines, very unlike the seemingly self-destructive TiBooks.

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Ehh, I wouldn't be so quick to say that...if anything, I'd say that Apple's best quality would've been from somewhere between 1987 and 1993. I remember my 1997 PowerBook 1400 had its logic board replaced twice under AppleCare, and its power adaptor replaced three times. It also went in for the issue with the CD bezel breaking off. That was just within the first three years. Then there's my iMac...which although has been trouble-free for most of its life, has had a couple of serious issues, mostly involving Open Firmware chucking a wobbly on a couple of my attempts at upgrading to 10.3. On the other hand, my MacBook is coming up to its 2nd year of ownership, and apart from the hairline crack near the rear vent, and a screw falling out about last year (which was replaced at the Apple Store when I was in Sydney), its been completely trouble free. I dunno, luck of the draw I guess.