[vetinari]

Apple's material and build quality are the same, as any other vendor in the same price category.

I have yet to own an Apple product, that does not need to be serviced during warranty.

[jonah]

I'm only talking about the physical exterior.

It's well known that Apple's laptop LCDs are average at best. I can only assume their PCBs are produced on the same equipment their foxconn et all use for their other customers.

[Tichy]

Still, the aluminium bodies are nice, but maybe other materials would be better (Magnesium)? The MacBooks are quite heavy, for example.

Granted, there is a lot of trash computers out there, atm I don't even know which ones would be nicer than Apple's (since Samsung has screwed up the design lately). But I haven't done the research, either.