it's not from gizmodo, it's from squaretrade, a company that sells warranties for stuff that includes laptops
http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/laptop-reliability-1109/?ccode=bs_war_buyerblog
New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers)
I've worked with a lot of Dell laptops, and they have been decent, as far as reliability goes.
May I be the dissenter and recommend a Macbook?
Insanity! Dell laptops are bad! :thdown:
I thought the warranty only covered hardware related issues? Also, I believe the warranty is one year or three with AppleCare.but customer support really is great, and if it breaks (maybe a spill or unfortunate accident) you can get it replaced completely for free on warranty, which is 6 months normally and 3 years if you pay for apple care (it's expensive, but pays off in the case of unfortunate accidents).
I think the dell business line is good, but their consumer line is crap, just from the build quality of the dell laptops Ive played with