A final tally.
I conservatively estimate that I spent 34 hours trying to get this machine to work or waiting around at an Apple Store while a Genius did so.
If it takes five minutes to take out the garbage, that's 408 garbage takeouts.
In short, I could have hauled more than a year's worth of trash in the time that I spent on this brand new MBP (so far.)
Not exactly what the ad copywriter had in mind, methinks.
And FWIW, my sink hasn't crashed, although the faucet is dripping a little.
best
Allen