An analysis of reported laptop failures made published by SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years.
SquareTrade also found that netbooks are 20% more unreliable than other
laptops, and that Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop brands.
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(Originally posted Nov. 18th 2009)