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Asus, Toshiba, and Sony all best Apple in laptop reliability
icrontic.com - 11/19/2009
Asus, Toshiba, and Sony all best Apple in laptop reliability
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Warranty vendor SquareTrade has released a study of 30,000 laptops over three years which reveals that Asus, Toshiba and Sony products outstrip Apple notebooks over both two and three-year reliability cycles.
squaretrade.com - 11/17/2009
An analysis of reported laptop failures from malfunctions and accidental damage.
— squaretrade.com — SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and... found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. SquareTrade also found that netbooks are 20% more unreliable than ... (more) An analysis of reported laptop failures from ...

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Asustek considering acquisition to achieve goal of becoming top-3 notebook vendor, in talks with Toshiba, says paper
digitimes.com - 11/16/2009
Asustek considering acquisition to achieve goal of becoming top-3 notebook vendor, in talks with ...
— digitimes.com — Asustek Computer is considering plans to aid its goal of ranking as the global top-three notebook vendor... in 2011 through acquisitions; Toshiba's notebook business has been identified as one of the company's possible targets, according to a ... (more) Asustek considering acquisition to achieve goal of ...

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socialnews.toshiba.co.uk - 11/16/2009
Toshiba premieres new ‘Space Chair' ad campaign - Campaign to support Toshiba's SV REGZA LCD TV ...
— socialnews.toshiba.co.uk — The shots were taken at a staggering 98,268 feet above the earth using Toshiba s own cameras... To reach the altitude required and to conform with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the weight of the rig had to be carefully managed to a weight ... (more) Toshiba premieres new ‘Space Chair' ad campaign -  ...

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