{"id":70580,"date":"2014-11-19T11:26:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70580"},"modified":"2014-11-19T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T09:28:24","slug":"best-and-worst-laptops-in-sa-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/70580-best-and-worst-laptops-in-sa-for-2014","title":{"rendered":"Best and worst laptops in SA for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africans are less satisfied with their laptops than last year according to the latest data from the South African Consumer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi).<\/p>\n

While overall satisfaction for laptop brands remains quite high – with a satisfaction score of 75.1 out of 100 – this is four points lower than in 2013.<\/p>\n

Relative to the international Acsi scores, South Africa\u2019s laptop industry score is slightly lower than that that of the USA (79) which serves as the international benchmark.<\/p>\n

Over 1,300 South African scored top laptop brands in the latest SAcsi survey, with each one of the brands recording a lower satisfaction score than last year.<\/p>\n

Dell was the only brand to significantly pass the industry average, while Acer and Hewlett-Packard dropped below, with the former declining the most.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company<\/strong><\/td>\nn<\/strong><\/td>\nSAcsi score
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Change from 2013
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell<\/td>\n278<\/td>\n77.5<\/td>\n-4.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenovo<\/td>\n345<\/td>\n75.8<\/td>\n-2.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung<\/td>\n282<\/td>\n75.4<\/td>\n-4.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hewlett-Packard<\/td>\n212<\/td>\n74.5<\/td>\n-4.4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acer<\/td>\n241<\/td>\n73.7<\/td>\n-4.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Industry Average<\/strong><\/td>\n1361<\/strong><\/td>\n75.1<\/strong><\/td>\n-3.8<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\u201cThere is little differentiation amongst the various laptop brands from a customer satisfaction point of view and only one brand scored higher than the industry average,\u201d said Professor Adr\u00e9 Schreuder, founder and chair of the SAcsi.<\/p>\n

When compared against other industries, laptops had a relatively low rate of complaints.<\/p>\n

Specific grievances raised by South African customers included a short battery life, hard drive and hardware problems, screen issues and freezing or slow machines.<\/p>\n

Article courtesy of MyBroadband<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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