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The DEC '09 issue of Consumer Reports also shows the percentage of repairs based upon a survey of 75,000 readers who bought laptops between '05 and the first half of '09 (differences of fewer than 3 points weren't considered meaningful):
Toshiba .... 16%
Sony ........ 17%
Compaq .... 18%
Acer ......... 19%
Apple ........ 19%
HP ............ 20%
Gateway .... 20%
Dell ........... 21%
Lenovo ...... 21%
Their survey of 62,500 readers who bought desktops over the same period showed overall results similar to the laptops (differences of fewer than 5 points weren't considered meaningful):
Apple ......... 13%
Compaq ...... 18%
eMachines ... 19%
Del ............. 20%
HP .............. 21%
Sony ........... 22%
Gateway ...... 23%
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