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Apple drops in computer reliabilty rating and Asus climbs

by orlbuckeye Jun 15, 2009 11:48PM PDT

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The suggestion that the numbers could be misleading
by Steven Haninger Jun 16, 2009 4:43AM PDT

is an important one. That Asus and other netbook brands have been flooding the market and constitute a greater number of new machines....meaning they've had less time to break....is significant. I would put more stock in longer term histories of reliability, attrition rates, etc. I have been happy with the Asus motherboards I've put in my own machines over the years...nary a failure yet...and considered an Asus netbook for the one we bought but went with Lenovo for other reasons.

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Asus has made a push in the US market.
by orlbuckeye Jun 16, 2009 4:58AM PDT

Thier corporate goal is to improve it's brand recognition in the USA. They want to introduce more innovative product offerings. They want to take on Apple head to head.

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Taking on Apple head to head with Windows?
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 16, 2009 7:51AM PDT

Maybe Linux with it's apple "skin" but somehow they seem to be at a disadvantage here.

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