Why are Macbooks made out of plastic?

I have ordered a Macbook and it should be here in about a week. As I read these discussions I'm getting concerned that since the Macbook is plastic, it is going to develop cracks and pieces of plastic will start falling off. That never happened with my old Dell laptop. I haven't told my wife I ordered the Mac so she's going to freak a little a lot probably) in that I'm paying $1800 for a laptop, especially if the case starts cracking and falling apart, while the case on her $700 Dell PC is still in good shape. Is there any good reason that the Macbook is made of plastic?

I read these discussions I'm getting concerned that since the Macbook is plastic, it is going to develop cracks and pieces of plastic will start falling off.
Mine is almost two years old and I have no cracks or broken plastic. Keep in mind, Apple has sold millions of MacBooks and the Apple Discussions is only the emergency room of the hospital. You're not going to see posts from the millions and millions of MacBook owners who are NOT having a problem. They're not visiting the emergency room. iBooks were plastic from 1999 until they were discontinued in 2006. Apple has had plenty of time to research the options and since this is a user-to-user forum, none of us can speak for why Apple has made decisions like this. So, you're not going to find an answer to your question here.
-Doug

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