Asus Tops Laptop Reliability Study
November 19, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Laptops, Trends, netbooks
According to research by warranty firm SquareTrade, you really get what you pay for, with premium-priced laptops lasting longer than their cheaper counterparts on average. Good news for those who’ve spent money for specs, bad for buyers trying to eke by on affordable netbooks; from the survey of 30,000 portables, netbooks have a 5.8% chance of failing within the first year.
Another notable trend becomes clear when comparing brands. Here’s the list of nine different brands, ranked from most reliable to least, in terms of malfunction rate:
Asus
Toshiba
Sony
Apple
Dell
Lenovo
Acer
Gateway
HP
Looks like Asus‘ marketing department have a new talking point to advertise, while Apple has …read more
Linux Laptops Rank Well in Amazon Bestseller List (in Germany)
July 24, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Laptops
So don’t start squeeing yet, Linux lovers: a list on Amazon Germany (amazon.de) is hardly a sign of widespread adoption of the “alternative” OS, especially since the German market isn’t visible for the US-centric English-writing tech media.
It’s still worth scoping out both stellar performers. The 400 euro (around $568) ASUS X5DIJ-SX018L (second) features a 250GB hard disk, 2GB of RAM, a 2GHz Pentium Dual-Core CPU, and a 15.6″ screen. The 300 euro ($426) Acer 5235-571G16N (fourth) holds its own with a Celeron M575, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a 15.4″ display.
Both laptops use the Intel GMA …read more
