The same can happen with any manufacturer. Just bad luck.
Look on the bright side.... you're the one with the grin at airport security as your nice MacBook goes through xray whilst all the suits are dragging their horrible Dell/HP/Toshiba/Sony bricks out of their bags.
Plus it's worth it for the simple luxury of not having to put up with the big-ridden trash that is Windoze.
Cheers,
Shunter
Ashamed Microsoft Certified Trainer
Macbook Pro for work, MacBook Air for play & flightbag