Yeah I guess you are right. Its not that I want a macbook more than a surface. I would much rather get a surface. I think it is a more interesting products.
I just don't have the time or the energy to play the panel lottery. Also, these consumer electronics are extremely expensive. Spending 1000 dollars plus for a product that is almost 100% panel and has panel defects that might be higher than 25% would be an absurd thing to buy. Imagine if you bought a set of speakers and the sounds would pop on just 10% of units? I would assume you would return those speakers.
Also, I already dealt with this situation with apple. They gave me the worst costumer service experience of my life which I rather not get into, but essential they opened a repair and accidental sent a replacement. I could see they sent a replacement, but they couldn't. I sent out the repair then got the replacement (which was some degree worse). I called them to tell them I received the replacement. They told me "Feel free to open the replacement the other one will drop off our system" I was skeptical and sure enough the repair came back. Now I have two ipads and literally the entire costumer service team was stumped. Eventually, one manager told me to keep both. So I gave one to my mom and one to my little sister. Then I got a call from customer service accusing me of lying, that they would NEVER give away an ipad. Yet they gave me a 100 dollar gift card for my trouble. I had to go back to my sister and mom and tell them what happened. It was beyond awful.
