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more about #reliability The Dude: frankly, there is much less difference between manufacturer reliability than i expected to see. #laptops more » minibeardeath: WOW!!!!! i am surprised. almost every toshiba ive ever come in contact with has broken down at one point. granted it wasnt ever anything i couldnt fix... more » Bandit: How is it possible that Apple laptops are barely more reliable than Dell? I don't own an Apple, but this just sounds wrong to me. #laptops more » BK Phil: HP takes a hit, as usual. Problem is, their consumer products tend to be flaky, and their business products rock solid. Shame they get lumped toget... more » dougwilliams: Also, if a certain manufacturer (*cough*apple*cough*) does not make netbooks, their overall reliability rating may appear higher, even though their l... more » Span_Wolf: I'd like to see how Sager stacks up on the list, that's my laptop. #laptops more » weendex: I detest when they skew stats like this: "Netbooks are projected to have a 20 percent higher failure rate than more expensive laptop computers." This... more » Fighter-of-the-Nightman: What about Sager? #laptops more » BeowulfRex: And cue the same response as the last time they released these numbers: Apple doesn't contract with SquareTrade to do warranty repairs. Any data they ... more » twilight-arc: The next question is which company fairs better when you contact them because of a laptop failure. #laptops more » namnnumbr: As someone who dealt with broken laptops for the past five years, I have to say that the Toshibas I saw had very severe problems (bad motherboards, se... more » zrag: It brings me joy to see Apple only .9% points ahead of Dell. It shouldnt, because I really like my Macbook, and hope to god it doesnt shit the bed on... more » otus: I feel sorry for people who actually keep a laptop for three years. I'm upgrading yearly at least. #laptops more » Pope John Peeps II: Out of curiosity, what's the difference between laptop and tower failure rates. I'm fairly convinced that the increased heat and limited airflow in a... more » JohnnyQuine: Huh. I'm surprised to see Apple even in fourth place-- from reading the tech blogs the past two years, it seemed like every revision of the Macbook Pr... more » JC Whitless: Honestly after the first year the machines I buy already are done with the warranty. I just repair them if I can. Only had one that wasn't worth it,... more » KassiaHaoe: The whole thing wrong with this theory is this would be the most reported issues, as well as weighted for which laptop is the most popular (and vice v... more » carvelo: Any reason why you say IBM/Lenovo? Did IBM buy back a portion of Lenovo's laptop business? more » Jim Topoleski: This part "The report aims to provide unbiased data on big name computers by taking into account both market share and the amount of repair and servi... more » strider_mt2k: Double post, sorry Gizmodo. Sorry. more » -
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Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top
New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all. More » -
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Asus Tops Apple Again in Reliability Rankings
Asus has held onto its lead over Apple in the second quarter RESCUECOM Consumer Reliability Report, scoring 416 to Apple's result of 394. IBM/Lenovo and Toshiba came in third and fourth, with scores of 314 and 218, respectively. More » -
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Apple Falls to Third Place in Reliability Report, Loses to Asus and Lenovo/IBM
Apple, the previous champ in RESCUECOM's consumer reliability 2008 report, just got demolished by Asus in an almost 3 to 1 score for Q1 2009. It even loses to Lenovo. More »
