My MacBook Air is 3 years old this weekend. Just been in and out of the Apple store and had the trackpad, screen, logic board and some other things replaced (only exception is the battery - to my disappointment). And this was for a very well looked after laptop - I sure did get my money's worth out of the Apple Care!! Hoping for the computer to last 3 more years.

On the other side my wife's white Macbook was poorly looked after with the casing cracking and splitting. Took it to the Apple store at the same time as mine - it is 5 years old in September. The internals working fine (we bought a new battery last year) and with all the fixes required to the plastic casing a total cost of £51. Very pleased.

I'd been disappointed to have had to replace either laptop - still feels too early given the amount they cost!