Here's how tech manufacturers stacked up in PC Magazine's reliability poll of 15,000 readers. The total number of responses is shown next to each company.

Desktops

Dell (1,253) A

Gateway (578) B+

Locally built (1,375) B+

IBM (217) D

Hewlett-Packard (582) D--

Compaq (663) E

Laptops

Apple (100) A

Hewlett-Packard (338) A

IBM (910) A Toshiba (875) A

Dell (1,684) B+ Fujitsu (106) B

Sony (343) B-- Gateway (299) C

Compaq (945) E

Printers

Hewlett-Packard (3,530) A+

Epson (1,258) A

Brother (126) B

Lexmark (688) D+

Canon (830) D--

Xerox (118) E

Digital cameras

Canon (396) A

Fuji (274) A Nikon (333) A

Olympus (741) A

Sony (906) A

Kodak (783) C

Hewlett-Packard (311) D

Handheld computers

Handspring (785) A+

Sony (191) A

Hewlett-Packard (400) B--

Palm (2,600) B--

Compaq (608) C+

Casio (259) E

Source: PC Magazine/AP