I can verify his experience, every one of the products I've bought from Acer, fail in a very short life span. I've the cataloged as the worst brand around.
Anecdotes often refer to the exception, rather than the rule: "Anecdotes are useless precisely because they may point to idiosyncratic responses."[18] Even when many anecdotes are collected to prove a point, "The plural of anecdote is not data." (Roger Brinner[19])
That said: 2012 Computer Reliability Report: Lenovo Most Reliable, Acer Least Reliable, Apple Declined http://ctwatchdog.com/finance/2012-computer-reliability-repo...