Two repairs and still no good! AAAAAARRRRGHH!!!!

So yesterday the local service center takes my laptop to repair it.
New logic board - again.
New power inverter for the screen
New Super Drive.
Thanks to help her it was pinpointed that my SD was busted.
SO I'm in the office to burn backups of the Lacie Drive so I can use it for daily backups of the MBP. What happens?
First 4 DVDs the machine spits out and won't accept.
Then it happily burns two (and I can read them!)
Then it spits out another three DVDs it doesn't accept.
So my MBP has been in for repairs twice. It is 7 months old. I'm seriously considering selling it while still under waranty and downgrade to a PB instead. This is seriously doing my head in.
A friend in Canada had his MBP blow up twice. He's going to sell his and get a 17" PB instead of the 15.4" MBP. A mate in UK found his battery swollen and cracked, he's lost keys on the keyboard as well.
Apple and the factories who built these things really went to town with making them crash.
I thought I'd never say this but I'm so disappointed I'm contemplating going back to PC.
ARGH!

Does anyone actually read Terms & Conditions? I thought it was just one of those annoying pages you scroll to the bottom to tick a box and move on.
Yes, there was supposed to be a question in there but it fell off the screen.
How many repairs does a MAC have to be sent in for before Apple will replace the entire thing?

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