Macbook air motherboard broken

I have a Macbook air for 2 years and a half now. I have made ​​good use of it and have used it very litte. Now the motherboard is broken and fixing it costs 400 euros!! I have seen in several internet forums that this problem has happened to more people too, also in 2 years and some months, with both Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. I am just writing to express my deep disappointment with Apple because when you buy one of its products you never think that something like this it will happen

A link to others with the problem or a description of what "broken" actually means might be educational for others... this is a help forum, as it says in the TOS UA it's not a place to rant.

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