Study - 1 in 3 laptops fail within 3 years
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From: BillW50 on 8 Dec 2009 15:58 Found this this link on the Dell newsgroup (thanks RnR). My laptops seems to last forever. And the oldest is from '84. And the only one that failed on me was from '94. Also nice to hear that Toshiba and Asus are still the leaders of reliability. http://austin.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/16/daily22.html -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: AJL on 8 Dec 2009 16:37 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...
From: Bert Hyman on 8 Dec 2009 16:42 In news:8ehth5hfmguecsdpe2gkpgm36h81q214lq(a)4ax.com AJL <339(a)fakeaddress.com> 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.h >>tml > > 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... Since laptops get carried around and generally exposed to all sorts of external perils, I'd think that an accounting of accidents would be valid. In fact, when I read the initial post, I was thinking that the reason my own laptops last so long is that they rarely leave the house. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com
From: BillW50 on 8 Dec 2009 16:53 On 12/8/2009 3:42 PM, Bert Hyman wrote: > In news:8ehth5hfmguecsdpe2gkpgm36h81q214lq(a)4ax.com AJL > <339(a)fakeaddress.com> 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.h >>> tml >> >> 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... > > Since laptops get carried around and generally exposed to all sorts of > external perils, I'd think that an accounting of accidents would be > valid. > > In fact, when I read the initial post, I was thinking that the reason my > own laptops last so long is that they rarely leave the house. I believe you are correct Bert. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: BillW50 on 9 Dec 2009 07:57
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 -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2 |