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Originally Posted by steelbom 
I'm talking about Apple. The 11 inch MacBook Air is $999 and the 13 inch MacBook Pro is $1199.
Don't say quality? How does that prove that MacBook's aren't great quality? It's still fourth in the list which is okay, but that aside, the sample size was quite small, only 30,000 laptops in total, and no information is provided about what kind of faults occurred, nor any information about what models were tested.
Consider this though, the article was published on Nov 17 2009, which is roughly about two and half years ago, and the laptops tested had warranties on them through SquareTrade for three years, so that means these MacBook models would been from 2006, no? That's back when the plastic MacBook was around wasn't it? And long before we ever saw unibody systems?
I'm talking about Apple. The 11 inch MacBook Air is $999 and the 13 inch MacBook Pro is $1199.
Don't say quality? How does that prove that MacBook's aren't great quality? It's still fourth in the list which is okay, but that aside, the sample size was quite small, only 30,000 laptops in total, and no information is provided about what kind of faults occurred, nor any information about what models were tested.
Consider this though, the article was published on Nov 17 2009, which is roughly about two and half years ago, and the laptops tested had warranties on them through SquareTrade for three years, so that means these MacBook models would been from 2006, no? That's back when the plastic MacBook was around wasn't it? And long before we ever saw unibody systems?
How is that okay for a hardware that costs 2-3x more than ASUS and Toshiba?
It would be okay only if prices were be equal.
OK, here is 2011 article
2011 Computer Reliability Reports: Lenovo, Asus On Top
June 6, 2011
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IBM/Lenovo (254)
Asus (242)
Toshiba (164)
Apple (149)
HP/Compaq (122)
Asus (242)
Toshiba (164)
Apple (149)
HP/Compaq (122)
http://ctwatchdog.com/business/2011-computer-reliability-reports-lenovo-asus-on-top
What's your next excuse?
Apple is 40% less reliable than ASUS and IBM that cost far less. Also, if they have used IBM, ASUS and TOSHIBA models that were hi end (aka cost same as MBP), I am sure their reliability ratings would be even better.
Edited by Kauke - 2/12/12 at 5:56am
) of a Macbook Pro 13. Toshiba and Asus are also improving their designs. Things are improving, just slowly.
Meanwhile, am I the only one that is getting sick of this thin phase? I don't want my laptop to be cutting into my hands like a piece of paper. Of course I prefer a good old fat, heavy desktop to any laptop or tablet so I'm way behind the times....
