Been a Mac user since the tiny classic. My wife is a graphic artist so that was why. I have owned many and currently use a Titanium Powerbook G4 for work. That is about 8 years old. I take it to work everyday plug it in and unplug it all the ports, have dropped it several times it has never let me down and runs flawlessly. I can't to huge video on it, but for my job it works fine and still looks good.

As far as syncing with the iPhone very easy. Right now we have 3 others running at home have owned many since the mid 80's and don't think I have ever had one serviced for any reason.