<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">From what I understand, they found 2 year numbers and extrapolated for the third year. Also, there is a bit of selection bias; how many people who get extended warranties for their macs get something other than Applecare?<div><br><div><div>On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:33 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Square Trade did a 30000 laptops survey and found these defects within 3 year. Can you go with these numbers?<br><br>1. Asus (15,6% defects)<br>2. Toshiba (15,7%)<br>3. Sony (16,8%)<br>4. Apple (17,4%)<br>5. Dell (18,3%)<br>6. Lenovo (21,5%)<br>7. Acer (23,3%)<br>8. Gateway (23,5%)<br>9. Hewlett Packard (25,6%)<br><br>Paul Moortgat<br>_______________________________________________<br>X4U mailing list<br><a href="mailto:X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a><br>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u<br><br>Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price<br>http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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