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Thread ID: 111916 2010-08-16 21:11:00 Cheap notebooks - YGWYPF! nofam (9009) PC World Chat
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1128397 2010-08-16 21:11:00 May as well chuck Acer in here as well ( . stuff . co . nz/business/industries/4029877/Hewlett-Packard-responds-to-reliability-issue" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz):


. . . . . Gill Brown responded to the complaint by saying that the computers were "essentially low-end models, and as such the lifespan is only estimated to be 15-24 months", recommending the union buy a three-year warranty in future .

:groan:
nofam (9009)
1128398 2010-08-16 21:15:00 Only 24 months? My Eee is about three years old (and ex-display) and still going strong :D pcuser42 (130)
1128399 2010-08-16 22:36:00 The difference, Alex, is the manufacturer: Asus are known for quality products. johcar (6283)
1128400 2010-08-16 23:08:00 But then HP did show up to be worst for reliability. (these figures are for laptops but for netbooks the rate is even higher, due to their treatment because of their small size)

Also, Asus shows as being the best ;)
Agent_24 (57)
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