Well, all types of computers go wrong

Most of the hardware components are the same between Macs & PCs - even the processor these days. Generally speaking, though, Macs use high quality components, so you shouldn't expect a higher failure rate than high end PCs. Indeed, Macs come out very high in reliabilty tests (top with Dell and eMachines in Which?'s latest tests).

That said, I did have a HD failure after two years of use on my laptop. Repaired for free under AppleCare in a few days.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on March 10th 2007 at 20:54:41

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More good news for Mac users ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 10, 19:55:17
- Yep, found that out today looking for my PTV refund - ha. (n/m) (General Chat) - butnooneshome, Mar 10, 22:38:33
- Can't you now dual-boot XP (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Mar 10, 19:57:45
  - Only on Intel Macs, which I don't have and, anyway, one still has to buy XP. (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 10, 20:17:45
    - I hate the bloody things (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Mar 10, 20:38:06
      - I have two MSc research students ... (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 10, 22:55:59
        
        could it be that both errors are down to user fuck up? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 11, 00:45:24
        
        I just don't think windows can handle heavy work loads over long periods ... (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 11, 10:35:54
        
        To be fair, my Windows XP box at work runs fine (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 11, 11:50:10
        
        Have you tried running a Matlab job on windows ... (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 11, 12:34:56
        
        No, we don't use Matlab as we write our own routines (not my choice) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 11, 17:21:21
        
        I don't use windows at all. I have a MBP laptop and use ... (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 11, 17:47:17
        
        Fedora? Linux derivative isn't it? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 11, 18:09:09
        
        Fedora is the free version of Redhat Linux - it's OK ... (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 11, 18:31:23
        
        You are a lecturer in Computing? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 11, 18:40:13
        
        No - I meant Matlab will (potentially) be 1000s of times slower (General Chat) - bjt, Mar 11, 18:44:14
        
        Oh, right, got you now (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 11, 19:17:38
      - Well, all types of computers go wrong (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 10, 20:54:41

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