notebook, netbook, bukbok?

came across this blog post in yahoo (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154921) which i find quite interesting coz i myself had a few not-so-pretty experiences when it comes to laptops. nakaka-ilang makina na ako in just under three years.
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for whatever reason, biglang-bigla na lang nagre-resign ang computer ko. either ayaw mag-boot, sasabihin no hard disk found, etc. sabi ng technician, most likely naba-virus daw ang pc ko. syempre hindi ko naman sinasabing minsan out of my own carelessness! hahaha!!

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kasi kung virus hindi naman ako ganon kalakwatsador sa net. the sites i'm visiting are so limited. laging check lang ng mail, yahoo and msn, mga on-line dyaryo and my blog. minsan youtube pero sa bagal ng connection ko i'd rather stay away from sites na hindi ko naman kailangan.

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i even had one external hd na nag-crash kaya ang mga personal files ko, including music, personal documents and my most cherished pics of families and friends, naglahong parang bola, este bula!

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sabagay, sa kamurahan ngayon ng laptops para na ngang disposable lighter ang labanan. pag nasira, instead of spending more (kung out of warranty period na), palitan mo na lang.

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but here's one article to give us an insight kung anong brand ang medyo reliable. don't know how reliable this study is but since there's some stats supporting it, might as well take heed and keep this in mind when buying a new machine.

1 in 3 laptops die in first three years

So your new laptop computer died in inside of a year. "I'll never buy a computer from [insert manufacturer name here] again!" I've heard the protests time and time again.

Yeah, maybe you got a lemon, but no matter which brand you bought, you truly are not alone in this situation: An analysis of 30,000 new laptops from SquareTrade, which provides aftermarket warranty coverage for electronics products, has found that in the first three years of ownership, nearly a third of laptops (31 percent) will fail.

That's actually better than I would have expected based on my experience and observations on how people treat their equipment.

SquareTrade has more detailed information on the research on its website. But here are some highlights about how, why, and which laptops fail:

> 20.4 percent of failures are due to hardware malfunctions. 10.6 percent are due to drops, spills, or other accidental damage.

> Netbooks have a roughly 20 percent higher failure rate due to hardware malfunctions than standard laptops. The more you pay for your laptop, the less likely it is to fail in general (maybe because you're more careful with it?).

> The most reliable companies? A shocker: Toshiba and Asus, both with below a 16 percent failure rate due to hardware malfunction.

> The least reliable brands? Acer, Gateway, and HP. HP's hardware malfunction rate, the worst in SquareTrade's analysis, is a whopping 25.6 percent.

None of the numbers are overly surprising. As SquareTrade notes, "the typical laptop endures more use and abuse than nearly any other consumer electronic device (with the possible exception of cell phones)," so failures are really inevitable.

Want to keep your notebook running for longer than a few years? Ensure your laptop is as drop-proofed as possible (use a padded bag or case, route cords so they won't be tripped on, lock children in another room), and protect it as best you can from heat and dust.