Comments on: Laptop Reliability http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/11/23/laptop-reliability/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/11/23/laptop-reliability/comment-page-1/#comment-21648 etbe Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:21:25 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1432#comment-21648 Anon#2: Thanks for that, I have updated the post. Anon#2: Thanks for that, I have updated the post.

]]> By: Anonymous http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/11/23/laptop-reliability/comment-page-1/#comment-21645 Anonymous Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:10 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1432#comment-21645 This analysis has some good points to make on the statistical validity of the report: http://tumbledry.org/2009/11/20/when_information_overwhelms This analysis has some good points to make on the statistical validity of the report:

http://tumbledry.org/2009/11/20/when_information_overwhelms

]]> By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/11/23/laptop-reliability/comment-page-1/#comment-21563 etbe Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:18:38 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1432#comment-21563 Anon: I agree that there is a potential for such a bias. I believe that Lenovo suffers in this regard. But I am not convinced that ASUS is avoided by technical people. The EeePC seems wildly popular among technicians. The Toshiba Satellite was also quite popular a few years ago for similar use. Recently based on my positive experience with my EeePC I've been more inclined to consider an ASUS laptop too. Anon: I agree that there is a potential for such a bias. I believe that Lenovo suffers in this regard.

But I am not convinced that ASUS is avoided by technical people. The EeePC seems wildly popular among technicians. The Toshiba Satellite was also quite popular a few years ago for similar use.

Recently based on my positive experience with my EeePC I’ve been more inclined to consider an ASUS laptop too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/11/23/laptop-reliability/comment-page-1/#comment-21560 Anonymous Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:08:32 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1432#comment-21560 The report lists Toshiba and ASUS as the most reliable laptops. I find myself asking whether perhaps these statistics get biased towards those laptops that technical (and thus demanding) users tend to avoid. The report lists Toshiba and ASUS as the most reliable laptops. I find myself asking whether perhaps these statistics get biased towards those laptops that technical (and thus demanding) users tend to avoid.

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