Tyrphanax said:

Shoulda bought ASUS laptops.

Haha! My room mate had one of those pieces of shit! I wasn't impressed. He had a lot of trouble with it. Finally he got so fed up with it he impulsively posted it on ebay with a buy it now price of more than he paid for it, and it sold by the next morning. Crazy. Ended up needed to use my Mac all the time for the next week while he waited for the replacement he ordered to come in. Incidentally, a year later he sold that one for a few dollars more than he paid for it as well. Not sure how he does that.

I had another friend who had a KDS (Korean Data Systems) laptop. Sketchiest thing I'd ever seen. It was really cheap and came without an OS. A month later the paint started flaking off, and all the little trap doors and hinges began breaking off. I loved that computer! It was the most simplistic generic looking laptop I have even seen. Surprisingly, despite little pieced falling off all the time, it actually lasted a good long while.

I dunno what you were doin' to yours, man...

Travel. Lots and lots and lots and lots of travel. Air ports, overhead bins, under seats, trunks, back packs, climbing, falling, lots of running, walking, hiking, being jolted around, and an occasional drunken brawl with my computer.* My computers live an intense life. So far my Mac has been the only one willing to loyally stick by my side for the long haul. When it finally does die, I'll be more than happy to replace it with another MacBook.

*To clarify, that is a drunken brawl against my computer, not a drunken brawl with someone else while my computer is on my person. In these instances, the MacBook has been known to win, however on one occasion I bested it. He (sadly) still has the scars to prove it.