Study - 1 in 3 laptops fail within 3 years
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From: BillW50 on 9 Dec 2009 19:31 ~misfit~ wrote on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:43:10 +1300: > Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote: >> On 12/8/2009 4:45 PM, Ian D wrote: >>> The November Consumer Reports also had a laptop reliability >>> analysis. Apple was #1 and HP was in the middle of the pack. >> My online Consumer Reports says differently. Strange, eh? >> >> Laptop computers Reliability 2005-2009 >> Repairs and Serious Problems >> ---------------------------- >> Toshiba 16% >> Sony 17% >> Compaq 18% >> Acer 19% >> Apple 19% >> HP 20% >> Gateway 20% >> Dell 21% >> Lenovo 21% >> >> http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/computers-internet/computers/laptop-ratings/brand-reliability.htm > > Wot no Asus? Nope, missing from this one. Although Consumer Reports are usually kind to Asus when they include them. > (The link is no good if you're not subscribed and have the required > cookies.) Yes I know. Should work for Ian though. And I was kind enough to post the results for everybody else. Thoughtful, eh? -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: Salvador Freemanson on 11 Dec 2009 05:23 AJL wrote: > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> Found this this link on the Dell newsgroup (thanks RnR). >> http://austin.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/16/daily22.html > > It says that 1/3 of those failures are from accidents. It seems odd > that they would include accidents in a laptop failure statistic. I > would think that accidents should be listed under a human failure > statistic... Some laptops are more fragile for certain kinds of accidents. OK, there's not much a manufacturer can do about someone who treats a laptop really roughly and breaks the screen. But in my experience by far the weakest point is the power connecter. If someone leaves a laptop on a desk all the time, the power connector does not suffer very much stress. But other people might treat the power connector more roughly, leading to more frequent breakage. Is this an accident, or poor design? But different designs of connector can be more or less liable to damage. The connector might be soldered directly onto the motherboard, thereby subjecting it to stress. Or it might be on the end of a short lead. Then the way the barrel pin is attached varies considerably. E.g. it may use tight fit to ensure the connection. Etc etc. There are so many factors. The clearest example is the Apple magnetic connector, which supposedly never breaks (I have no experience of this) through accidents. So, some computers are more liable to certain accidents than others.
From: Richard Bonner on 16 Dec 2009 08:12 Ian D (taurus(a)nowhereatall.com) wrote: > "Richard Bonner" <ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: > > -- > > Richard Bonner > Any relation to Dan Bonner? *** Not to my knowledge. Where does he live? -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Richard Bonner on 16 Dec 2009 08:15
AJL (339(a)fakeaddress.com) wrote: > ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) wrote: > >AJL (339(a)fakeaddress.com) wrote: > >> >http://austin.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/16/daily22.html > > > >> It says that 1/3 of those failures are from accidents. It seems odd > >> that they would include accidents in a laptop failure statistic. I > >> would think that accidents should be listed under a human failure > >> statistic... > > > >*** It may be an indicator of how ruggedly (or not) a model is built. > Or it may be an indicator that more careless people > buy Asus products... *** Good point. -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/ |