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Title: Apple's MacBook Air claims laptop reliability crown
Post by: HCK on December 07, 2015, 09:00:18 pm
Apple's MacBook Air claims laptop reliability crown

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Apple’s MacBook Air is the most reliable laptop on the market, according to a survey of nearly 60,000 American consumers conducted recently by Consumer Reports.</p><p>
The ultra-light notebook has an estimated failure rate of 7% within the first three years of ownership, according to the publication’s poll of people who purchased a laptop in the last five years.</p><p>
Apple’s other primary line of laptops, the pricier MacBook Pro, came in with a failure rate of 9%. Combined, Apple’s mobile PCs turned in a failure rate of 10%, the lowest of any OEM (original equipment manufacturer).</p><p>
MacBooks fail at lower rates than those powered by Windows even though they’re used three hours more each week than the overall average.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3012284/macs/apples-macbook-air-claims-laptop-reliability-crown.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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