Apple it seems will be around to give stiff competition to Dell, HP and other computer and software manufacturers since the popularity of one of the oldest hardware entities in the world is roaring at incredible levels. In a recent survey conducted by the technical support company, Rescuecom, Apple Inc. has achieved the top spot in the computer-reliability ranking.

In the first half of the year 2009, Apple had lost the race with Asus and Lenovo as the leading computer manufacturer as against the surveys conducted in 2007 and 2008, where Apple had led the race. However, it has been able to reclaim the prestigious top position once again after achieving a reliability score of 374 in the latest Rescuecom survey. The second and third place were claimed by Lenovo and Asus with scores of 320 and 166, respectively. Hewlett Packard and Toshiba closely followed the top three positions, with them being placed at positions fourth and fifth.

The reliability scores are measured by taking into account the customer support calls received by the companies along with the market share achieved by all the computer hardware vendors in the United States. Inspite of the fact that, Apple’s rating for the third quarter for the year 2009 was significantly behind the 394 rating, Apple has been able to keep up with its so far untarnished reputation.

Via PC World.