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icrontic.com - 11/19/2009

Asus, Toshiba, and Sony all best Apple in laptop reliability

— icrontic.com — Warranty vendor SquareTrade has released a study of 30,000 laptops over three years which reveals that Asus,... Toshiba and Sony products outstrip Apple notebooks over both two and three-year reliability cycles. (more) Asus, Toshiba, and Sony all best Apple in laptop reliability

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gizmodo.com - 11/17/2009

Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top [Charts]

— gizmodo.com — 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... (more) Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on ...

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An analysis of reported laptop failures from malfunctions and accidental damage. >> http://bit.ly/3rY7jo 12/10/2009

reliability survey 30,000 laptops. Asus, Toshiba best, HP worst. 31% fail within 3 years, 20% hardware, 10.6% accident. http://bit.ly/8DuAmj 12/9/2009

สถิติโน้ตบุ๊คพังง่ายสุด http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/laptop-reliability-1109/ 12/9/2009

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Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...
Hardware 2.0 — ... Interesting research by SquareTrade which looked at the failure rate of 30,000 notebooks and netbooks covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans. Highlights from the study: [image] A case for buying a warranty plan, no? Interesting how the accident rate increases dramatically between year one and year two - seems people take better care of their new shiny toys. [image] More expensive the portable, the less likely it is to dies on you … barely. [image] The vendors to buy from, and those to possibly avoid. [image] Again, the more you pay for a portable, the less troublesome it ...

Apple Fourth Best Among Build Quality Study For Portables
Ars Technica — ... , a company that offers extended warranties on all sorts of consumer electronics, has published a study on laptop longevity based on 30,000 costumer experiences. The numbers show that Apple is fourth in terms of reliability, as machines from the Cupertino company suffered a smidgen over 10 percent failure rate over a two-year period and an estimated 17.4 percent rate over three years. Asus, Toshiba, and Sony all had lower two-year and estimated three-year failure rates, with Asus taking the top spot at just under 10 percent over two years and an estimated 15.6 percent over ...