Mac look alike?

[Chris Jones]

On 28 Nov 2009, at 1:54pm, Odd wrote:

> Chris Jones wrote:
>>> Thats a lie.  I can get a machine with just as high quality and
>>> power as the mac mini for around $350 to $400 dollars.  Macbooks
>>> are of no more superior quality as a lot of PC based laptops.
>>> Personally I would prefer a Dell laptop over a Macbook any day.
>> 
>> Its not a lie, its my opinion. You may disagree and that is fine. I
>> wouldn't be so rude to call your opinion a lie so please give me the
>> same courtesy.
> 
> Facts disagree with you:
> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/laptop-reliability-survey-asus-and-toshiba-win-hp-fails/
> 
> There are three companies ahead of Apple.

True, in that particular survey. I'm sure though that if you search hard enough you can find results that suggest any of the main brands are the best (*) ... Also, from a scientific point of view I would want an estimate of the errors on those numbers. I would suggest, within the accuracy of the survey you cannot tell apart results that different than less than say a few %.

Also, if you read the comments there are suggestions that the source of the data for that particular survey are questionable. I don't know how good the data for that survey is, but my point is randomly citing one survey found on the web is not a reliable way to prove a point.

My opinion is just that, my opinion based on owning various hardware over the years, and helping friends and colleagues with theirs. Based on that, and not random web surveys, I think Apple machines are better put together than most others.

Chris

* http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/23/apple.tops.reliability/