Too Much Choice - Some Help
In the November 2000 issue of Which? magazine, you'll find the results of their
latest PC survey. (I think this is an annual event; I certainly remember them
doing it last year too.) They poll their readership about the performance of
their home computers, and try to make some sense of the answers.
Key question: for your desktop computer, would you recommend the
brand? In other words, having spent however much on your own machine,
would you advise friends & family to do likewise?
- 76%, Dan
- 68%, Apple
- 66%, Dell
- 56%, Gateway
- 50%, Evesham.com
- 43%, Mesh
- 38%, Viglen
- 37%, IBM
- 35%, FujitsuSiemens
- 31%, HP
- 27%, Compaq
- 27%, Tiny
- 20%, Elonex
- 18%, Packard Bell
- 17%, Advent
- 14%, Time
And now some top fives from the other categories.
Satisfaction with reliability:
- Dan
- Dell
- Apple
- Viglen
- IBM
Ease of setting up:
- Apple
- Dell
- Mesh
- HP
- Compaq
Helpline speed of answering:
- Dan
- IBM
- Apple
- Fujitsu
- Toshiba
Helpline quality of service:
- Dan
- IBM
- Evesham.com
- Apple
- Dell
Hope that's been of use to you.
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