Clarkosaurus

Early owners of the  so-called ‘late 2008 macbooks’ have already found out why it pays to wait a little while before ordering a ‘new’ Apple anything:

Some Late-2008 MacBook users have posted complaints about the hinges on their computers apparently not holding the display open properly, resulting in the display either falling open or closing on them.

Late-2008 MacBooks: Display hinge apparently loose - MacFixIt.

Alway, always give them 6 months to iron out the kinks. Quality control on these things is an itterative process, with updates being made incrementally throughout the production cycle.