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
What Matters More Than National Average Broadband Speed
August 16, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek
The USA may be the king of gadgets. But compared to countries like Japan and Korea, the country’s average broadband speed is a bit lacking.
But then, you probably know this. After all, this was well-discussed last year. The real question is: does the US really need a high average broadband speed?
