[mgkimsal]

seen both sides of this. have had years of mostly ... mid-to-bad cable experiences. had some friends who seemingly never had issues with their stuff tell me i must be 'doing something' with mine ('using too much' or 'being abusive'?). Then... a few years ago, they started having their cables break/fail/burn. They 'get it' now. And... I've known other people who've never or rarely had issues. The impression is that Apple is one company and everything goes through the same level of QA. My experiences seem to indicate that's not true, at least with cabling.