How to make my Macbook Pro 13" Retina a long term laptop?

I just bought a Macbook Pro 13" with Retina Display and I need to use this laptop until I finish college (still in 3rd year highschool)
I have 3 questions concerning my mac
1. Up to how long will this computer function? (years)
2. What are the things that will make my Mac lose it's function?
3. What are the things I need to do so that this Mac live forever or until I finish college?

JohnTh wrote:
With that said, pay attention to LousyFool's advice above.
Thanks John.
I'd like to add to what you said that I have here a few Macs, all portables with the exception of one Mini, and the oldest is a white MacBook from 2006, which is still frequently in use. The battery is anything but really useful, admittedly, but it runs okay under Lion, and a student would probably be still happy with it unless he needed to run heavy CAD, DTP, video or photo editing on it. Or games, hehe. Oh, and of course, he wouldn't be as cool as that guy with the brand-new 11" MBA under his arm...

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