Results of a recent study carried out among 30,000 people having a notebook computer from different manufacturers indicates that Mac might not be the most reliable computer anymore.
Indeed, Apple ranks 4th, behind ASUS, Toshiba and Sony the the 2 and 3 years reliability factor, with an average failure rate at 3 years of 17.4%. this is not really surprising, and if one look carefully, one can see that figures for the first 5 manufacturers are really close to each other. In addition, most of those computers are built with identical components (CPU, capacitors, GPU, display, etc.) sometimes on the same assembling lines. However, one can imagine that the problem of the hinge faced with the first MacBook Air as well as some issues with the first Core Duo MacBook might have pushed Apple away from the podium. Similar study with the current models of MacBook could give different results. It is nevertheless good to face the fact, and one can only expect that it will push have to capture the krone back.
