I purchased a MacBook Pro 11,3 (Mid-2014) new in 2015. It was 250% the price of commensurate hardware from non-Apple vendors, but I willingly paid the exorbitant price based on Apple's reviews of being extremely reliable.As it turns out, this is the most unreliable machine I have ever owned. After 3 years, the monitor needed to be replaced. Because Apple, it cost $950. 3 months later the motherboard started showing errors and I was told it needed to be replaced for $750.I'm a professional senior IT admin. This system was not abused. In fact, all three of my previous laptops lasted 10+ years before being retired - and my last Acer (which still runs) is 9 years old.While I adore OSX, never again will I purchase Apple hardware. If less-than-4-years is the expected lifespan, I'll run Linux on COTS hardware. I could buy three of them for the amount of money I actually spent on this one MacBook pro - use the rest for target practice - and still be better off.