[GloriousKoji]

I have the same model and mine is also riddled with problems, and I have trouble finding stable work arounds for.

With older laptops (PC or mac) if enough parts break I could either go remote headless server or tee-pee it on the ground with an attached and pretend it's a desktop.

Every part of the MBP has some sort of problem so nothing works. I just have to deal with something eventually failing after an hour or so of use.

[limograf]

I still can't get over the part where multiple keys just fell right off the keyboard. And you can't put them back on - the whole top case has to be replaced.

Sometimes you get a lemon - that's one thing, but this is a whole generation of machines. That seems new... Well, saying that: I had a 2006 iBook - the black one - and the battery ran so hot I still have the scar on my thigh (geek trophy!). Apple denied there was an issue with that machine, too, and the recall came way too late. So I guess it's a pattern and not a new thing, really.

Maybe the new thing is that I am actually genuinely tempted by the Surface. In 2006 there were no contenders.