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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 375744" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2006499,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2006499,00.asp</a></p><p></p><p>If you download the PDF at the end of the article, you can see the percentage of laptops that needed repair.</p><p></p><p>Apple was tied with Sony at 16% with the <strong>lowest</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Now, consider what 16% means. Apple sells over a million macs a quarter; that's over four million Macs a year. Suppose half of those are laptops; that's two million Apple laptops sold. (I'd actually bet it's much higher than that, but I'm too lazy to get exact numbers.)</p><p></p><p>16% of 2 million is <strong>320 thousand</strong> broken Apple laptops. Meaning that, even though Apple was among the <em>most reliable</em> brands, about a third of a million people will have broken Apple laptops <strong>each year.</strong> Naturally, there will be a <strong>lot</strong> of people complaining about Apple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 375744, member: 4134"] [url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2006499,00.asp[/url] If you download the PDF at the end of the article, you can see the percentage of laptops that needed repair. Apple was tied with Sony at 16% with the [b]lowest[/b]. Now, consider what 16% means. Apple sells over a million macs a quarter; that's over four million Macs a year. Suppose half of those are laptops; that's two million Apple laptops sold. (I'd actually bet it's much higher than that, but I'm too lazy to get exact numbers.) 16% of 2 million is [b]320 thousand[/b] broken Apple laptops. Meaning that, even though Apple was among the [i]most reliable[/i] brands, about a third of a million people will have broken Apple laptops [b]each year.[/b] Naturally, there will be a [b]lot[/b] of people complaining about Apple. [/QUOTE]
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