Sounds Familiar? Apple, Compaq, Sony

Question

A lot of space that is taken up by the great 'logic board' debate here. For those of you have somehow managed to miss it there are two camps.
1. Unlucky people with dead laptops who believe there is some ongoing deficiency in the manufacture of G4 iBooks.
2. The rest of us - who whilst sympathising - know that statistically around one in ten iBooks will get a problem - and that the 'logic board' being 80% of the computer is where it's likely to be.
I have posted may times statistics (that are easy to find on the net) that the iBook is one of the most reliable laptops you can buy - but that laptops are more prone to faults in general than desktop PCs for obvious reasons.
I don't work for Apple and I'm not on a mission, other than to say that switching to Macs tangibly improved my life (seriously) because of the frustration it removed and the productivity I managed to achieve with them over using Windows PCs. I've had around 10 in total and never yet had a hardware ptroblem. So, I just wouldn't want potential 'switchers' to be put off by the out of balance picture you can get from here. Maybe that is a mission..
Anyway - after reading through the latest additions to this debate, I decided to look at Forums on other brands of laptop . I don't think most of you would be suprised at what I found:
"I was Sony laptop loyal customer because of its good looking and some special design. i have bought 2 Sony laptop in 3years, however the Sony laptop made me sick. I just would like to tell somebody :Sony laptop's quality and aftersale servive are rubbish!rubbish! my opion is from my very bad personal experience."
"I have just over 100 Compaq Armada 100s laptop purchased early in 2001. Over 60 have developed cracks in the lid just above the left hinge and at the front corners. I had one of these on a VP''s desk, no abuse, and it cracked. Compaq has denied any other reports of this with any other customer, just my problem they say."
"I am having a running discussion with Sony after purchasing a Vaio. Ahem... I am VERY glad that I bought a 3 yr Sony warranty because the latest charade will be the 5th engineers visit in 18months!!
paid for the Sony Vaio computer, in hope to get a better service and better quality, but no.....Never buy any Sony Vaio"
"I brought compaq presario from pc world 2 years ago. It was slow, awfully built, broke down repeatedly and ive finally had enough!"
"my previous previous laptop, was a Dell, and after three motherboards, two hard drives, two CD drives, four keyboards, and about 18 hours listening to their on-hold music, I decided that their half life was somewhat unacceptable"
Examples like these are very easy to find - try it if you can be bothered. In fact this forum glows with warmth in comparison to most!
As ever, my point is that laptops are, by nature, more prone to fail than desktops and you've more chance of being lucky with an Apple. They top the consumer charts for reliability in portables from almost every source you can find.
Intel iMac 17 : Mac Mini 1.25 : iBook G4 1.33   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Answer 1

Similar stories on Dell's website, too.
I would have to replace my iBook every few months before I would consider using another OS. I would either go back to using a desktop exclusively (iMac) or give up the computer altogether before going to Windows.
Like many cleaning ladies, I don't DO Windows!
I would recommend buying AppleCare with any portable, just because of the more knockabout nature of a portable computer. While AppleCare does not cover accidental damage or abuse, it is expected that you will be carrying the iBook around with you. Failures that result from expected usage ARE covered.