On my commuter/hybrid, the rear wheel started popping spokes and eventually couldn't be trued.
Re-laced the hub to a Salsa Delgado rim which lasted 6 years and eventually started cracking around the spoke holes.
Replaced that with the Velocity Dyad, which is less than a year old and still going good.

My road bike came with Maddux wheels. The back wheel got out of true, I took it to my LBS and the mechanic there said "I'm going to call Cannondale and talk to them about these rims." Next thing I knew he said Cannondale was replacing my rims with Shimano R510s. I've been riding those 2 years without problems.