Apple and Acer the most reliable Laptop Brands in the world!

.:V8:. · Postby **.:V8:.** » November 17th, 2009, 11:12 pm

Just found this.

Seems like Acer is the most reliable PC brand in the world with SONY VAIO taking 3rd place. How can Sony be more reliable than Lenovo I have no idea but this is what the article says. Maybe I was just unlucky with SONY.

However a previous PC world report suggests that MAC and Acer the most reliable from Jan 2009

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156450/a ... ility.html

But according to november 2009 this isn't the case. Yahoo reports SONY and ASUS more reliable than Apple when it comes to failure rate.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/repo ... thin3years

Asus, Toshiba and Sony laptops may be more reliable than MacBooks according to research from Squaretrade, but within a few years, a lot of laptop owners will have trouble regardless of brand.

latest report on laptop reliability found that, on average, 31 percent of laptops fail completely within three years of purchase, including malfunctions and accidental problems. Malfunctions alone account for 20 percent of failures within three years. It should be noted that Squaretrade's business is selling extended warranties, but our last annual survey of laptop owners turned up a similar result: One third of respondents told us they experienced significant hardware problems with their computers.

According to Squaretrade, there's a correlation between how much you spend on a laptop and its likelihood of having problems. Netbooks suffered the most, even with just one year of solid data for this exploding market. Malfunctions were 20 percent more frequent in netbooks than in more expensive laptops after one year. Squaretrade predicts that netbook malfunction rates will hit 25 percent in three years, compared to 21 percent for entry-level laptops and 18 percent for premium notebooks.

When broken down by manufacturer, Asus fared the best on malfunction rates with 15.6 percent, and HP performed the worst with 25.6 percent of laptops malfunctioning within three years. Behind Asus were Toshiba, Sony and finally Apple, which topped our most recent reliability survey.

reliability report from RESCUECOM, published last March, also put Asus ahead of the pack and HP in dead last, with Apple coming in the middle, though Toshiba didn't fare as well then. HP performed poorly in our last survey, too.

Squaretrade says failure rates are so high overall because of the sophistication and delicate parts that go into a laptop, plus the amount of use and abuse to which they're subjected by owners. Are these findings enough to scare you into an extended warranty

Cjruckus · Postby **Cjruckus** » November 17th, 2009, 11:13 pm

ASUS FTW

.:V8:. · Postby **.:V8:.** » November 17th, 2009, 11:17 pm

^^ Correct is right CJ

ASUS is legendary according to survey done on notebookreviews website.

None can compare to ASUS.

But as of late seems SONY and Acer is taking the lead strangely. This could be the fact that SONY and ACER sells more laptops than Asus.

I have had a number of SONY Vaio fail me.

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » November 17th, 2009, 11:18 pm

ACER really has some excellent machines and parts...those things never gives up!!!!

I have used acer and I can vouch those machines are really reliable - parts also available....if ever needed.......

ACER GREAT PRODUCT!!!!

I was sceptical about acer but the acer brand has proved that it is a great product!!!

I will never hestitate to buy another acer whenever and if ever needed....

Cjruckus · Postby **Cjruckus** » November 17th, 2009, 11:18 pm

I love my ASUS.

Postby **M_2NR** » November 17th, 2009, 11:22 pm

Cjruckus wrote:I love my ASUS.

x2
just cleaned mine. 1cuddle

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » November 17th, 2009, 11:23 pm

HP really sucks-----It is known that motherboards fail just after the warranty period passes......

ACER in Front!!!

.:V8:. · Postby **.:V8:.** » November 17th, 2009, 11:23 pm

Nigson, This is True. As of late the Acer is one of the most reliable laptops on the market with HP taking last place!!! Most horrible brand is HP proven here.

Acer makes some really amazing laptops.

Seems like those people who bashed Acer and big up DELL and HP now have to shove it where the sun don't shine. :lol:

.:V8:. · Postby **.:V8:.** » November 17th, 2009, 11:24 pm

^^^ LMAO

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » November 17th, 2009, 11:31 pm

.:V8:. wrote:Nigson, This is True. As of late the Acer is one of the most reliable laptops on the market with HP taking last place!!! Most horrible brand is HP proven here.

Acer makes some really amazing laptops.

Seems like those people who bashed Acer and big up DELL and HP now have to shove it where the sun don't shine.

ent!!!!!Those ppl who were really bashing Acer would be using acer soon when their hp shuts down!!!!

Good informative post V8!

Swisha · Postby **Swisha** » November 17th, 2009, 11:37 pm

Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top

New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.

They say that sub-$400 netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail in the first year. But no real surprises there.

http://gizmodo.com/5406415/...d-toshiba-come-out-on-top

richardg1976 · Postby **richardg1976** » November 17th, 2009, 11:41 pm

Acer FTW!! Owned over the last few years, very reliable!!

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » November 17th, 2009, 11:43 pm

my 17" ASUS laptop works good as well...

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » November 18th, 2009, 12:03 am

hp getting real licks!!!

.:V8:. · Postby **.:V8:.** » November 18th, 2009, 12:03 am

All of them good once is not ah HP. LOL

jhonnieblue · Postby **jhonnieblue** » November 18th, 2009, 8:42 am

hmmm ok i just speaking from personal exp here
my first laptop was an HP
never had any major probs with it..jus the scren and DVD player...on the first occasion i sent it to them and in 2 weeks got it back..new screen...when the dvd went bad they sent it to me..and called to go through the installation..now that laptop is over 4 yrs old
i aslo hav an ACER..never had any problems with it at all..2 yrs old
i recently purchased a new HP...no probs out the box and everything seems to be working fine ...brought an extended warranty though

ill buy a acer netbook soon seeing how good the reviews for reliability are
but genrally my HP exp was good

SUPAstarr · Postby **SUPAstarr** » November 18th, 2009, 8:57 am

My Acer laptop with 1gig ram an vista with XP dual boot option still kickin NO PROBLEMS, after 2 failed toshibas, one returned HP tablet, and my dv5 startin to give trouble...ACER FTW

larafan · Postby **larafan** » November 18th, 2009, 9:00 am

fack allyuh eh....my hp wukkin!

doh mind meh p button and several other buttons in that corner aint wukkin :oops:

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » November 18th, 2009, 9:15 am

[quote="larafan"]fack allyuh eh....my hp wukkin!

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doh mind meh p button and several other buttons in that corner aint wukkin :oops:

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could not read the fine writing .....lol....

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 18th, 2009, 9:32 am

mitch wrote:Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top

New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.

They say that sub-$400 netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail in the first year. But no real surprises there.

http://gizmodo.com/5406415/...d-toshiba-come-out-on-top

Asus is good stuff - but no local tech support offered here
ppl who buy Toshiba laptops are pansies :lol:

- they are not hardcore users so the fail rate must be low since all they do is play solitaire and use MS Word.

Sony users are posers - more concerned with the VAIO logo than performance
Some Apple users too

Making Dell the best choice

Swisha · Postby **Swisha** » November 18th, 2009, 9:36 am

there's talk that ASUS and Toshiba may be merging though...

ASUS courting Toshiba in bid to become top-3 PC maker?

ASUS has already gone public with its plans to jump past Dell to become the number three PC vendor by 2011. Naturally, with fierce competition from all sides, the Taiwanese PC maker isn't going to achieve this by simply slapping the Eee logo onto everything it can build; acquisitions are the key to that kind of rapid growth. So it's no surprise to hear Jonney Shih, ASUS chairman, listing Toshiba's PC business amongst its possible targets for acquisition according to the Commercial Times. After all, Toshiba's estimated 5% global marketshare is enough to bring ASUS within wrastlin' distance of Round Rock, Tejas. In a shocking admission by Shih, talks have already begun but the results are not yet finalized.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/asus ... -pc-maker/

xauss · Postby **xauss** » November 18th, 2009, 11:38 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:
mitch wrote:Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top

New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.

They say that sub-$400 netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail in the first year. But no real surprises there.

http://gizmodo.com/5406415/...d-toshiba-come-out-on-top

Asus is good stuff - but no local tech support offered here
ppl who buy Toshiba laptops are pansies - they are not hardcore users so the fail rate must be low since all they do is play solitaire and use MS Word.

Sony users are posers - more concerned with the VAIO logo than performance
Some Apple users too

Making Dell the best choice

WERD

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » November 18th, 2009, 11:48 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:
mitch wrote:Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top

New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.

They say that sub-$400 netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail in the first year. But no real surprises there.

http://gizmodo.com/5406415/...d-toshiba-come-out-on-top

Asus is good stuff - but no local tech support offered here
ppl who buy Toshiba laptops are pansies - they are not hardcore users so the fail rate must be low since all they do is play solitaire and use MS Word.

Sony users are posers - more concerned with the VAIO logo than performance
Some Apple users too

Making Dell the best choice LOCALLY 8)

feexed

horsepwrjunki · Postby **horsepwrjunki** » November 18th, 2009, 12:52 pm

funny most ppl i know with a dell will use mostly outlook and word...

ah well..

Postby **M_2NR** » November 18th, 2009, 1:04 pm

i just booted my legit vista part on my asus.. guess what.. my copy aint legit anymore.. gahhh need to update meh key.

acesinghit · Postby **acesinghit** » November 18th, 2009, 1:06 pm

largest computer manufacturers in the world:

#1 HP (owns COMPAQ, VOODOO)
#2 ACER (owns GATEWAY, PACKARD BELL, EMACHINES
#3 DELL (owns ALIENWARE)
#4 LENOVO (because of IBM)
#5 TOSHIBA (they earned it on their own)

according to wikipedia:

top 13 technology companies in the world:

#1 HP
#2 HITACHI
#3 IBM
#4 SONY
#5 NOKIA
#6 DELL
#7 MICROSOFT
#8 NEC
#9 CANON
#10 CISCO
#11 INTEL
#12 MOTOROLA
#13 APPLE

embellishfrost · Postby **embellishfrost** » April 23rd, 2010, 4:24 am

I am interested in purchasing a warranty from squaretrade on Amazon.

Anyone has any feedback on this product?
How will I be able to claim on the warranty from Trinidad?

DVSTT · Postby **DVSTT** » September 6th, 2012, 7:57 pm

.:V8:. wrote:^^ Correct is right CJ

ASUS is legendary according to survey done on notebookreviews website.

None can compare to ASUS.

But as of late seems SONY and Acer is taking the lead strangely. This could be the fact that SONY and ACER sells more laptops than Asus.

I have had a number of SONY Vaio fail me.

ASUS are awesome! Love mine!