Sure you could take it into consideration. However, the abuse these laptops go through in an office setting wil not be saved by reliability. Then fixability is the different between fixing it or throwing it in the bin.
We should think about ruggedness and reliability as two different metrics. Some models are quite good at dealing with physical impacts, vibrations, moisture, dust, etc. That doesn’t always translate to reliability for ordinary use, or failures caused by other things related to design or manufacturing, or even software/firmware issues.
Shouldn’t this also be weighed against the actual reliability of these devices?
Sure you could take it into consideration. However, the abuse these laptops go through in an office setting wil not be saved by reliability. Then fixability is the different between fixing it or throwing it in the bin.
We should think about ruggedness and reliability as two different metrics. Some models are quite good at dealing with physical impacts, vibrations, moisture, dust, etc. That doesn’t always translate to reliability for ordinary use, or failures caused by other things related to design or manufacturing, or even software/firmware issues.