[X4U] Apple QC slipping?

[zapcat]

a friend of mine and I were comparing notes the other day and we  
concluded that apple's quality control seems to be slipping.

neither of us expects any company to be perfect right out of the box,  
but we think that Apple's quality is not at the level we're  
accustomed to. Both of us have been Mac OS users in professional  
environments for 15+ years, so...that's going back to the days when  
the IIci was the killer Mac, and System 7 was cutting edge.

Any thots on whether apple QC is slipping?