Toshiba leaving us in the dust.
Boy just when I finally find a laptop that the processors don't burn up a week after you buy it and they actually last longer than a year.... Toshiba decides to move to focus on commercial pc business...
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1492 wrote:
Here is a chart of notebook malfunctions rates done by Square Trade, an aftermarket warranty and repair firm. This was the last review they did, but now five years old. You can download the study here(pdf).
I am surprised to see Lenovo as high as it is for defects, I work for a LARGE company in IT (we manage about 30,000 Lenovo PCs/Laptops) and other than idiots spilling coffee in them or dropping them, it's nearly unheard of to see anything wrong with their Thinkpads (we are on a 4 year replacement cycle, so we don't see many past that age though).
EDIT: Though I should point out we don't touch any of their "retail" channel machines, Personally I wouldn't touch any manufacturers retail lines, I would spend the money on a used "business/enterprise" class machine before buying new retail garbage, lol.
Business/Enterprise class ones usually include 36 months warranty, less bloated software package, and better OS license (Windows Pro or Enterprise versus Home), and almost always sturdier (though heavier) build, like metal chassis/supports, versus cheap plastic chassis.
