Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- From: Stew <antwun@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:09:36 GMT
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:41:00 GMT, Mayor of R'lyeh
<mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:31:48 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@xxxxxxxxxxx> chose
to bless us with the following wisdom:
Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:24:31 GMT, Elijah Baley <lije@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
chose to bless us with the following wisdom:
"[2/4] Consumer Reports Again Rated Apple BEST in Reliability and
Support: The March 2006 Consumer Reports (CR) tree edition just landed
in our mail box. It includes a report on using computers as a living
room media center. In its list of criteria to consider, CR reports on
reliability and support based on its reader survey covering more than
134,000 desktop and laptop computers.
Once again, Apple leads the pack. In its brand repair desktop history
survey, Apple at 11% (lower is better) leads seven PC brands by 4% or
more, a difference that CR calls "meaningful." In a survey of laptop
repairs, Apple is clustered with six other brands in a group that is
statistically equal.
For tech support, Apple is the runaway leader for desktops; its readers
scored Apple 22 points higher (higher is better) than the closest PC
brand. The reader survey of laptop tech support puts Apple again at the
top, 12 points higher than the runner up and a whopping 24 or more
points better than other PC brands.
CR summarizes by noting under the heading of Quick Picks "As our surveys
indicate, Apple's reliability and tech support have been top-notch. The
Mac Mini is more user-friendly than comparable budget Windows PCs and
includes a FireWire port and a DVD writer."
Elsewhere, CR notes that Macs are less vulnerable to computer viruses
and spyware. [Dana Baggett]
So who's lying, Consumer Reports or MuahMan? I vote for that ever
present sack of ferret dung, MM!
Since CR is on the record as rigging tests to favor certain products
for reasons they won't disclose (payola) its a certainty that CR is
lying.
Where is your proof of this?
Why do I have to post this every single time it comes up? Look up the
Suzuki Samauri and CR. CR admitted they put the Samauri through extra
tests after it passed all the tests it put the other tested vehicles
through. The only reason to do this was that they needed the Samauri
to fail. CR never came out with a reason to do this that made any
sense. Since the Samauri was the best selling vehicle in the class at
the time its obvious that someone paid them to take it down.
See here:
http://www.junkscience.com/consumer/consumer_index.html
.
- References:
- Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- From: Elijah Baley
- Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- From: Mayor of R'lyeh
- Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- From: GreyCloud
- Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- From: Mayor of R'lyeh
- Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- Prev by Date: Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- Next by Date: Re: Suprised the Maccies missed this
- Previous by thread: Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- Next by thread: Re: Consumer Reports rates Apple #1...again
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
