Like a lot of people, I kind of consider most netbook warranties to be unimportant. Sure, most netbooks comes with a limited protection plan good for somewhere between 30 days and a year. But I can’t imaging paying $70 or more to extend the protection on a laptop that I bought for $300. If you plan on keeping the netbook…
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SquareTrade provides warranties for computers. So the company’s in a pretty good position to know how frequently different types of machines break down. And the company recently put out a study with data showing that almost a third of all laptop owners “reported a failure to SquareTade” within the first 3 years of purchasing a notebook. That’s not the most…
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Remember how Asus tried to tell customers that upgrading the RAM in an Eee PC would violate their warranty? Eventually Asus backed down from that position (in the US and some other countries where the laws were on the customers’ sides anyway). But now it looks like we’re seeing the same thing all over again with the MSI Wind. Bit-Tech…
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