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Years. I don't know how many, but less than 4 or 5, not super bad, but annoying enough specially in the corners. Also by the 5th year the rubber "feet" had started to crumble.
Oh.. chipping. The case was breaking. Sorry... I thought you mispelled "shipping", that it took a very long time for them to send you the laptop.
Yeah, that's important for me. My current lenovo, although higher end than the previous, doesn't compare. The first one is all metal. I dropped it several times on concrete and it survived without barely any issue. While this one even being so careful gives me a headache.
No point buying something expensive that will die on the first time I'm not careful and I'm usually not careful.
If you need sturdy, nothing like a refurbished old Thinkpad, but probably the expertise needed is too much for me.
My ones are thinkpad. I'm not sure why people praise them so much. There's all different kinds.
My first one like I said is a tank though. I never thought laptops needed to be that sturdy, but now I know that, like phones, they need to be as strong as they are expensive (and it's usually the opposite).
I had a ThinkPad X200 (IIRC) that I could literally stand on. Still working (with limitations). I wish things could last that much nowadays.