Don’t Be Surprised When Your Laptop Breaks

CIO Asia has an article up exclaiming that you should not be surprised when your laptop breaks as upwards of 22% of all laptops break atleast once in four years of usage. And even more annoying, but hopefully covered by the warranty, you can expect 15% of laptops to break in the first year.

Broken screens used to be the most common laptop failure, says Leslie Fiering, research vice- president at Gartner. But manufacturers have reduced screen breakage by making the notebook casing and screen bezel more rigid, and by providing more clearance between the screen and keyboard when the lid is closed. Now motherboards are more complex. Technicians used to be able to replace parts like a network interface card, but today such parts are integrated into the motherboard. The entire motherboard must be replaced to fix one component.

So treat your laptop lightly, or don’t be surprised when it is broken.

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