Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Laptop failure rate is outrageous

COMPUTERS have become more reliable in recent years as manufacturers have improved designs, but one in every six new laptops still needs to be repaired within a year after purchase.

Failure rates of both desktop and portable notebook computers have improved in the 2005-06 period compared with 2003-04, according to a market research by Gartner.

For PC reliability—the main enemies are motherboards and hard drives—could still be improved in some areas, especially for notebooks, the report says.

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