05-08-2008, 01:36 AM

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9938550-1.html

I thought this was an interesting report, because if I had to guess this number it wouldn't have been anywhere near this high. I probably would have went with 10% or less. All of the major laptop makers were surveyed and they all came within 3 percentage points, which is pretty insignificant according to the article. I'm also surprised all the makers came so close within one another.

05-08-2008, 01:53 AM

You know its funny that apple at the top, some of it i believe is that people will actually go get there apple repaired compared to other brands when they break i just see the people go out and buy another.

05-08-2008, 01:56 AM

That's what you get when you have only a handful of companies making every laptop out there.

05-08-2008, 04:43 AM

That seems really high. I mean, my HD went on me. But I wouldnt consider that major. Whats "major" here? And its almost understandable, I mean, they are packing quite a bit of sensitive stuff within a very small space.

05-09-2008, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Teh Artical

The chart shows data from about 75,000 laptops purchased between 2003 and 2007

Looks like the iBook G3 issues are still plaguing Apple's score.

05-09-2008, 06:17 PM

It stands to reason. A desktop and laptop of similar performance work quite differently. The laptop internals, such as HDD, video cards etc being a reduced size need to do more work for the same result.

More work equals faster failure?

05-11-2008, 03:30 PM

As Kash said, the parts are being made by only a few companies. Apple uses much of the same parts as Dell, HP, etc. So, I am really not that surprised.