Long term reliability

[stefcep]

Whats the reliability of these things like?

Any hardware/heat issues?

Had a 2133, which I loved, for 3 months, before the motherboard died.

Read a post on cnet from a school teacher with 7000 units that said the case cracks easily and some have poor wiring which kills the unit.

[matmiller]

My mini 2140 few times was left on for a night or two when I was downloading some big torrents and was working without problems. Just remember no to cover fan so it could pull out the heat from the cpu.

[jakubd]

I still have my 2133 that is fine (but not so often used) and now I have switched to 5101 that I love and have no doubts it will last for years.

[rgongora]

I still have my 2140 since the product was released and use it on a daily basis.

This thing has fallen down a flight of hard-wood steps and collided with a wall at the bottom yet powered right up. It did not even take any cosmetic damage to the case. The aluminum seems to be like armor I have upgraded to 2gb ram and have no heat issues what-so-ever nor any hardware problems.
I have even been using it to watch netflix lately and havent heated it up although i do get some stuttering sometimes due to the weak gpu.