Laptops Less Reliable

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Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

Seems to me that most laptop problems are probably caused by poor QC and using components designed to be stationary in a mobile platform.

If they have QC, then their products have high failure. Quality is in design - not in QC. Laptops are so robust that you plug it into any AC power source anywhere in the world (100 or 240 volts) - and it works perfectly fine.

BTW, many laptops from different manufacturers are assembled by the same Taiwan manufacturer. What makes some better than others? The design presented to that Taiwan manufacturer.

A common problem observed is failure between the computer and its power supply. Often a connector inside the laptop breaks. In one case, a little plastic on the power supply connector caused signaling failure - so that the battery would not recharge even though the computer was AC powered.

Another problem is battery failure. Too many assume a laptop is intended for mobile operation - to be powered routinely from its battery. Laptop batteries enable you to move a laptop from power source to power source, already contains a UPS for intermittent power outages, and for the rare time that you must use that computer without AC power. Laptop batteries are typically good for 300 plus recharges.

BTW, another way to put a laptop at risk - use a power strip protector. Any protector that works adjacent to a laptop is already inside that laptop.