Macbook logic board, restart, exchange

hi everyone, as of last weekend, i became a happy owner of a black macbook....that is until when the weekend ended. that's when i discovered these forums.
unfortunately, i became a part of a 'growing minority' of ppl who have the random restarting problem, vertical lines, and sudden shutdowns. i spent all of last night researching this issue and found out two words that have become the kryptonite of macusers....logic board.
today i stumbled across some pretty interesting information about the logic boards. not sure about the source of the information but it's food for thought nonetheless. i had my macbook for 3 days until the random restarting started happening. prior to that, i had no problems with any whining, mooing or heating issues commonly associated to the early release of the macbook. i came across this http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Acknowledges-MacBook-Whine-And-Offers-Logic -Board-Replacements-31384.shtml
which states: Apple is now providing logic board replacements for the whining MacBooks with the expected time for repair being ten days after the machine has arrived at an Apple certified repair center.
i'm not sure if these mooing machines had the restarting problem but if they didn't, the 'new' logic boards are in need of change once again. i think this is important b/c if this is the case, all macbooks in production will sooner or later experience the same problem that is plaguing the rather large minority of macbook owners.
so, i'm left with the dilemma of exchanging my macbook for a new one or just get a refund altogether. i've read that ppl who have got new logic boards were left with the same problem only a short time after words meaning the logic boards they are using to replace the 'faulty' ones are the same ones being used in production.
i'm not sure if this is a case of lemons or if every macbook is a ticking time bomb. if i'm not mistaken, it was only released in may.
i have a week 27 black macbook. failed after 3 days of normal use. i just don't want my second machine to crap out on me on the 15th day and have to worry about repairing it indefinately. thoughts?

I have what I can only describe as a lemon. It discolored, trackpad button broke, and whining started within a month of owning it. After 3 weeks in repair, it came back without having the logic board replaced, which was supposedly the reason it was on hold for 2 of the 3 weeks.
At this point, I called AppleCare, talked with a guy, and ended up going into an Apple store 2 hours away from my home, and instead of fixing it on the spot like the AppleCare tech said they would, the "Genius Bar" techs kept it for a week, waiting for a logic board that they would actually PUT IN the unit this time around.
It just came back yesterday, and had the same whining problem. Apparently, replacing the board did nothing at all. I just decided to go with QuietMBP at the expense of some battery life to keep things quiet (10% false bottom on CPU activity at all times)... Chuggin' along just fine for a day, then just a few hours ago, it started to randomly shut off. I turned it back on a few times, but it would turn itself right off again. The unit was **** hot, too.
I ran a diagnostic and it turns out a fan failed on the logic board. Hence the auto-shutting-off due to high temperatures. Fantastic.
To summarize: I had the MacBook for 1 month, sent it back for repairs for 3 weeks, got it back (w/o a whine fix) for 2 days, left it at an Apple Store for 1 week, got it back (w/o a whine fix) for 2 days, and now a fan is dead. To top it all off, one of the Geniuses at the Apple Store said I failed their memory test, so my 3rd party RAM is bad as well.
Suffice to say, I am going to attempt to get a replacement, since a refund isn't do-able as I already spent more than $500 in software liscenses for Mac-only software...
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    <Subject Edited by Host>

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    About two years after buying the computer, and suffering from about 3 GPU panics a day, I searched for the TS4088 article again, wondering if I had misread it, and that maybe the issues described in the article were the same issues I was experiencing. This time I could not find the TS4088 article on Apple's Website. I searched over and over again, but it was nowhere to be found. I assumed that issue had been resolved and the article removed. Now after three years of using a faulty, unreliable computer, I was feeling like a schmuck. I searched again on Apple's website to find the TS4088 article, or any new ones that outlined my very apparent GPU issues, but I had no luck. I circled Apple's website over and over and could not find that article. It was only through a link other frustrated mid-2010 Macbook Pro owners had posted on some other website that I found the link to TS4088, also learning that the forum's users were experiencing my same problems.
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         • The message "Your computer was restarted because of a problem . . . Press any key to restart" is displayed.
         • I press any key, the computer restarts, I wait for next crash to interrupt my work
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    "Symptoms
    Apple has determined that a small number of MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) computers may intermittently freeze or stop displaying video on the built-in display or on an external display connected to the MacBook Pro. In this situation, you may also see a restart warning message before the video is lost or the display turns black or gray."
    My computer never displays a restart message before the video is lost or display turns black. My Macbook Pro mid 2010 loses the picture on the display, and less than a second after that is the restart warning displayed. The video would never freeze or stop playing, rather the whole computer just dumped all of its processes and displayed a warning message asking me to press any key to restart.
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    •The problems described in TS4088 do not accurately reflect what users are experiencing. TS4088 is misleading in this respect.
    •The article TS4088 was not easy to find on Apple's website. It seemed to have moved to an obscure, impossible-to-find location that could only be found thanks to the great number of other Mac users who are experiencing the same problem.
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