Frozen boot screen (gears) then shuts down, XP boots fine.

I have a 17" MBP 2.4GHz.
When I try to boot into OS X it just stays on the grey loading screen with the spinning gears for a while, then shuts itself off. XP however on bootcamp loads up just fine, and is where I am typing from now.
My Firsy 15" was plagued with problems, this 17" has had its logic board changed already, AND the screen came back with light patches on it from the repair. I am slowly losing confidence in Apple and its hardware.
Any ideas?

My 15-inch Macbook Pro that I use for work was just sent in to Apple for the same problem. I'll let you know what, if anything, I find out.

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