how's your laptop doin?

Gbex says: Hey, this maybe an off-tangent post from the usual posts that i publish in here but i just felt the need to really give this a shot for all of you my friends. This may help you in one way or the other..read through then=

1 in 3 laptops die in first three years!!! This is a factual revelation!

So your new laptop computer died in inside of a year. "I'll never buy a computer from [insert manufacturer name here] again!" I've heard the protests time and time again.

That's actually better than I would have expected based on my experience and observations on how people treat their equipment.

Here are some highlights about how, why, and which laptops fail:

> 20.4 percent of failures are due to hardware malfunctions. 10.6 percent are due to drops, spills, or other accidental damage.

> Netbooks have a roughly 20 percent higher failure rate due to hardware malfunctions than standard laptops. The more you pay for your laptop, the less likely it is to fail in general (maybe because you're more careful with it?).

> The most reliable companies? A shocker: Toshiba and Asus, both with below a 16 percent failure rate due to hardware malfunction. So, I am so anxious about my SONY VAIO laptop which I acquired just last July of last year!

> The least reliable brands? Acer, Gateway, and HP. HP's hardware malfunction rate is a whopping 25.6 percent.

None of the numbers are overly surprising. As the latest survey says: "the typical laptop endures more use and abuse than nearly any other consumer electronic device (with the possible exception of cell phones)," so failures are really inevitable.

Want to keep your notebook running for longer than a few years?

Ensure your laptop is as drop-proofed as possible (use a padded bag or case, route cords so they won't be tripped on, lock children in another room), and protect it as best you can from heat and dust. I repeat= FROM HEAT and DUST!