Apple

I have been using Lenovo laptops for more than seven years. They never failed me - not a single hardware fault or software instability in all those years. OK, not everything was great - I distinctly remember the R60 which had an atrociously bad screen - but apart from a few glitches here and there IBM come Lenovo delivered great quality again and again. And yet here I am ordering my first laptop from an entirely different manufacturer. How come?

All the hype around Apple must have something to do with the quality of their products, it cannot be clever marketing and cool design alone. Example: Power Consumption This weekend I saw some interesting figures in the computer magazine. The new Mac Mini consumes only 11.7 Watts when idle. That is extraordinary! I did not know Desktop computers could be so energy-efficient.