Are newer batches of MacBooks having RSD issues?

I just got a white 1.83 MacBook about a week ago. I was just wondering if I will have to look forward to the horrid possibility that my laptop will have a Random Shut Down. I need a laptop for school, and the Mac dude at the Apple Store told me that they only had one RSD case in their store. So just out of curiosity, I was wondering if my newly purchased laptop will have this problem. I wonder because it seems after all the posts I've read here, the RSD cases seem to occur with laptops bought at the start of summer, so I'm hopeful that mine has had all the kinks worked out from older batches of MacBooks.
F.Y.I. I have updated everything , even Mac OS 10.4.7
The computer seems to get pretty hot after light to moderate use. but no shutdowns. - Thanks for reading

This is my first Mac. And it have been a
nightmare!!!
My Macbook was delivered yesterday and I am going to
a Mac retail shop right now to claim for a
replacement otherwise Im going for a refund.
All this problems described by many people here about
the overheating, shotting down the computer and it
doesnt come back again after you press the start
bottom I had just in few hours after I put it to
charge.
Other thing very noticeable which I spoted
immediatelly was how this combo DVD/CD was very
noisy. On the top of that it didnt autorun any of
mine dvd/programs I have tryied to run on it,
incluinding my USB modem instal CD;it didnt reconise
my ipod files and finally when I really was convinced
that something was extremelly wrong with this machine
was when trying to plug my guitar in the garageband
it got stuck after few minutes recording.
I have filmed every problem I had this morning with a
friends help, and finally we came to this forum to
check how many people had the same problem. It might
became a very nice short documentary to post at
youtube or produce a very nice podcast using my two
years old VAIO.
I am shure that Apple will be prompt helpfull towards
my problems with it, but now the next question for my
documentary is: HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
Posting this same story under five different topics won't get your MacBook fixed any faster.
Macbook, 2.0 duo, black Mac OS X (10.4.7) 80 gb hd, 2 gb ram, 5g ipod, 2g ipod

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