So far, Chromebook #3 seems to be holding up pretty well.

#1 got knocked off a table while plugged in and the plug/connector was torn right out, along with a corner of the plastic case.

#2 has a weird failure to do with the connector from the base to the monitor. The top of the case came unpeeled/unglued or something and whenever you touched it the whole computer freaked out and you had to restart it. Touch it funny, and it freaked out again.

#3 is one of the flippy-hinge models and seems to be holding up reasonable well so far.

If/when #3 dies, then I'd be tempted to get something more robust.

Still, when a $200 Chromebook dies, you feel modestly sad and you get another one. When a $2000 high-end Macbook dies, you're far more pissed...