I am sure you have all kinds of data to back up your comment which indicates you believe that Macs are not as reliable as stated from a hardware perspective, but only seem that way because the data has been scrubbed clean.
How is it that Apple can scrub its data, but Dell or any number of laptop vendors can’t?
I am interested in hearing your views on this...you aren’t playing the part of a “Seagull Poster”, are you?
“I am sure you have all kinds of data to back up your comment which indicates you believe that Macs are not as reliable as stated from a hardware perspective...”
That’s not what I said at all. Would you deny that there is a difference between “reliability” and “perceived reliability?”
Remember that this article refers to a *survey of users.* Think about that as it pertains to hard facts. Obviously there is a difference. Now, Swordmaker can go dip into other sources all he wants to try and make his point - which he has done already - but that doesn’t address the critical flaw in CR’s methodology, which is that it is a *survey*.
Ever notice how when you *survey* Americans whether or not we should “throw all the bums out in Congress,” they strongly agree? But when elections roll around, incumbents keep winning? Surveys are inherently flawed, and sometimes bear little resemblance to reality.
So, KarlInOhio’s post was spot on. You need more data. Force your respondents to actually name specific problems that they did or did not encounter. Lots of people will complain about things but then can’t name any specific problems. For example, the next time a libtard starts squawking about Fox News’s bias, ask them for a specific example. Watch them flounder. I’ve tried - 90% can’t name one specific thing. They just go to generalities. “Well, Bill O’Reilly is biased!” Really? Tell me one thing he has said, specifically. “Oh, I don’t watch him!” Aha.
Then, as to not compare Apples to oranges, you should also ensure that you are only asking about machines in the same price range. You should also have parity of hardware. Are Windows users experiencing failures in their DVD ROMs, something most Apples don’t even have? Finally, what are the users DOING with the machines? Are Apple users installing the same kinds of productivity software? Are they installing more complex software, or less? How many applications per device on Apple that could potentially interact in a faulty manner compared to Windows? Are the Windows users doing hardcore gaming on their machines (Fallout 4, anyone?) and overheating GPUs by cranking the settings too high whereas only a small percentage of Apple users ever game on their machines?
So, you see, I don’t need to provide “all kinds of data” to back up my criticism of this faulty survey because there’s no data in it to contradict. It’s akin to asking people “which news channel is most biased” but then proving no hardcore data to show actual bias. What Swordmaker originally posted is a bunch of survey bunk, with mostly editorial comments. There’s one small bit of data about notebook prices, *but only for one specific BRAND and TWO models*. Gee, I wonder why they didn’t do a cross-brand/model price parity comment? Maybe it didn’t support the conclusion that the author wanted? We’ll never know, because the amount of data provided is so limited.
So, yeah - garbage in, garbage out. Same as the AGW crowd’s BS. It’s extremely helpful to be able to spot this kind of junk.