Who makes the most reliable computers? Lenovo, closely followed by Apple, if you believe online service and support company Rescuecom's latest reliability audit, derived from more than 20,000 calls made by the firm's customers during the second quarter this year. Rescuecom assigned a reliability rating to computer vendors. Lenovo, in its guise as provider of IBM desktops and notebooks, scored 243. Apple attained 201. Third-placed HP/Compaq scored a mere 12. Dell's rating was 4, Gateway -12 and all the rest together scored -16.
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Member since:2005-11-16
"Apple users tend to be a little more on the average more educated."
See, this won't cut it on my watch. And you would compare Apple users to which users? Windows/Linux/Unix users? So maybe since a user has chosen to purchase an Apple computer they are "on average more educated" by default? I would rather believe that us educated non-apple users are a little more open minded and find value in the freedom of computing rather than eat the "forbidden fruit" (with the nasty worm in it).
Member since:2006-04-09
I think he is referring to this article:
"Those who surf the Web using a Mac tend to be better educated and make more money than their PC-using counterparts" - a report from Nielsen/NetRatings
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-943519.html
Member since:2005-07-06
There is really no point in getting uppity about it. He's not saying "all Apple users are smarter than all PC users", just "Apple users tend to know a bit more about computers on average."
In my experience, that's pretty accurate. The average Apple user is likely to know what an operating system is, know some of the basic components of the computer, know something about the compatibility of peripherals, etc. A lot of this is by necessity: Mac users deal with OS upgrades every couple of years, wheras PC users usually get a new OS just by getting a new machine. Apple usually features its CPUs* prominently in its advertising, so they get some exposure to what a CPU is and what it does. They have to shop for Mac-compatible hardware and software, so they have to understand that their Mac is in some way different from other computers. That's just more understanding of the machine than most PC users have. Not because Apple users are smarter or better, but just because PC users don't have to know these things, in a world where almost everything is a PC.
*) It's not just CPUs, either. Ironically, Apple tends to feature technology more prominently in its advertising than other PC companies. Go to apple.com/macpro. Right on the first page, you learn it's got dual 3 GHz processors, up to 2TB of storage, 8 DIMM slots with up to 16GB of memory, and 4 PCI Express slots. The remaining pages are replete with pictures of the insides, bus connection diagrams, and benchmark results (including SPECint). You learn the width of the memory bus, the maximum bandwidth of the SATA controller, in the marketing pages, and get all the tech specs neatly summarized on the last page. You get not one, but two pictures of the memory riser, complete with an explanation of the DIMM heatsinks.
You don't get most of this information even in Dell's customization pages. You certainly don't get it in the marketing pages for, say, the XPS 700.
Edited 2006-10-17 15:20
Member since:2006-02-16
"" I would rather believe that us educated non-apple users are a little more open minded...."
um.... i guess the previous post struck a nearve!!!!!!!
look... since is seems we are all talking generations here... let me generalize a bit...
your average computer user knows ONE platform... the one in front of him... and when that average users goes to buy a new computer... he goes down to the big box store and buys a sale item (you guess it! a windows PC... compaq, HP... what ever!) when you ask him a month later what kind of computer he bought... he gleefully tells you..."um... a pentium? or maybe a dell.... no.. no... is a sony, or somthing!) he has no clue what he is using... or what brand... or even what OS....
so much for choice!!!!!!
now... your average "non windows" computer user... such as a Mac user... well... he just happens to know EXACTLY what kind of computer he owns... as a matter of fact... he most likely owns more than ONE!!!!! yes... its true.... those mac heads can indead operate more than one computer at a time.... USUALLY... they will have different OSes on them too!
so much for being less open minded... not to mention... "locked in"!!!!
riddle me this bat man.... how many "windows power users" do you know, that have more than ONE computer? ahhh.... but how many of those machines are running somthing OTHER than windows? hummmmmm
open minded and free..... what ever!!!!!
ill eat my forbidden fruit... next time my XP box bluscreens!
Member since:
2005-09-27
While I am happy Apple is fairly high up in reliability, I thing the difference is more based on the users. Lenovo basically has 2 types of users. New Users, and old IBM Users. So for the New Users they have new computers that haven't been threw the block a few times. And the old IBM users who were mostly large businesses where they are normally in more ideal conditions.
Apple users tend to be a little more on the average more educated. And Apple tends to give a limited hardware for the OS to support vs. Windows. Causing less problems with elcheapo products.
Dell had the old record for dependability. But with a bunch of people getting the systems cheap they also don't take as well care for them being placed in troublesome locations, as well with dell being cost competitive they are using more and more cheap stuff.
Gateway the users who use them just like the box. They are unknowing enough to take care of the gear.