rmarier83 on 29 March 2010
"I believe" the reason the older ones failed more is because of the Cell's SPU being 90nm combined with PS2 BC parts, while the slims are at 65nm. Maybe the weight reduced ones that should be coming out will have the 45nm Cell. What all this means is less heat, and smaller chance of failing because of it. Just keep your PS3 from getting too hot and there shouldn't be any problems.
I own a 60GB PS3 and had it since 12/2006.
