Yes and no. Speaking of hibernation/standby/wakeup, that just works (TM). Also the chassis is more robust than classical PC laptops - although many manufacturers have catched up. On the other hand the keyboards have mixed quality, CPU/GPU model and choice has been questionable (below average performance). Also other manufacturers don't seem to have problems building "always-on" systems when it comes to tablets or smartphones. Because this is essentially what modern Macbooks are, some weird fusion of a laptop and a standard consumer appliance. (It works like a stereo) So I'd argue Apple has been focussing on the latter and ignored performance/storage requirements which is actually more practical if you really carry the laptop around a lot.