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:AsusToshibaSonyAppleDellLenovoAcerGatewayHPLooks like Asus‘ marketing department have a new talking point to advertise, while Apple has [...]Post from: The Gadget Blog
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