Engadget: "ASUS and Toshiba win, HP fails"
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/l...-win-hp-fails/
Most ppl's opinions are based on their own experience. A good point someone has mentioned is that manufacturers with more sales are obviously going to see a higher rate of failure, esp. by someone that RMA's machines all day.
I'm not sure how reliable the data is, but it sure is more convincing than techs (myself included) that preach and praise certain brands based on our limited sample size compared to that survey. It's also nice that the survey is done as a percentage rather than number of failures.
Flame away hehe.