Which brand would you go with for a laptop?

[X-Chick]

I've been shopping around for a laptop for a few months now and can't decide what I want. I've always been a Dell person and my fiance has a Dell laptop (which I'm using now) that hasn't had a single problem in two years. Though, everything I've read lately and the people I've talked to says that Dell is going downhill and HP is the best right now. I'm really torn between the Dell XPS M1210 and the HP Pavillion dv2000t. Built exactly the same, the HP is like $300 less than the Dell, but I'm so used to having Dell's. Anyway, what would you go with?

 

[War Lord]

For cheap, HP or Dell.

For quality, Toshiba.

I've had my Toshiba for about 3 years now and I use it constantly and I've never had a problem with it.

 

[Socrates]

I was using a Toshiba desktop replacement laptop for over a year, and the only reason it busted down was from my being a dumbass. As of right now, I'm using someone else's Sony Vaio, and really, I think it's crap. The only way it's at all superior to my previous computer is not shutting down from over-heating. As for Dell, I'm not really experienced with their computers, but I've heard HP makes decent computers so maybe that or a Dell is your best bet.

 

[X-Chick]

For cheap, HP or Dell.

For quality, Toshiba.

I've had my Toshiba for about 3 years now and I use it constantly and I've never had a problem with it.

The Dell is more expensive than the Toshiba. I guess because its an XPS, they aren't made ****ty and cheap like all the other Dells.

 

[War Lord]

The Dell is more expensive than the Toshiba. I guess because its an XPS, they aren't made ****ty and cheap like all the other Dells.

I can only tell you that Toshiba makes laptops that give great value for the money.

 

[Elisha Cuthbert]

Alienware.

 

[X-Chick]

I'll have to look into them more.

And I've heard pretty horrible things about Sony too, even though they've always been my favorite technological company.

 

[triplefive]

Dell's customer service is pretty easy to work with, if you're patient enough to try to understand the guy speaking.

If you get the Complete Care warranty, which isn't the cheapest thing in the world, it's even better because if you drop your laptop or spill crap into the keyboard, they'll just fix it, no questions asked. The shipping company even comes to your house and picks it up from you. Well, from my experience anyway.

 

[War Lord]

Alienware.

If you happen to have 10 grand sitting around.

 

[Batty for Bats!]

I voted with whatever jonty voted for.

 

[Socrates]

Anything else Sony makes I'm fine with, but their computers are s**t.

I should also mention that my Toshiba was a pretty solid computer. So, maybe you might want to look into their computers as well.

 

[X-Chick]

Dell's customer service is pretty easy to work with, if you're patient enough to try to understand the guy speaking.

If you get the Complete Care warranty, which isn't the cheapest thing in the world, it's even better because if you drop your laptop or spill crap into the keyboard, they'll just fix it, no questions asked. The shipping company even comes to your house and picks it up from you. Well, from my experience anyway.

Yeah, the non-english speaking tech support was always my biggest complaint, but my friend has an XPS and said they're all Americans because the XPS part is headed in Texas or something. So thats a nice bonus.

 

[Orko Is King]

Get a MacBook or a MacBook Pro. You won't be disappointed.

 

[Danger Mouse]

Dell offers a 3-year full warranty. Covers everything, INCLUDING damage caused by you. Other brands come with limited warranty, and even some just for parts.

So, given different brands with identical specs, Dell's warranty trumps the rest.

 

[Master Chief]

I'd go with a Dell. But MacBooks are extremely durable and reliable. And since I'd be using it for outside work and not as my desktop since I have a desktop I'd go with a MacBook.

 

[britrogue]

My Packard Bell isn't half bad!

 

[chamber-music]

Go for the Mac

 

[vibeke_T]

Sony

 

[Corinthian™]

get a Lappy 486

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

get yourself a mac. nuff said.

 

[Avangarde]

Oops I selected the wrong one, oh well. I was mean to to select HP. I use the Pavilion zd8000 an awsome machine with a huge 17" widescreen, masive keyboard with num pad. It has an wicked setup for entertainment systems, I watch all my movies on it, it even has a great remote for movies, music, and other multimedia use. All in all a bllody great machine, and with the price tag of $3199 AUD it should be

 

[The Storm]

Been shopping for a laptop not sure what brand to go with. Uses will be editing, creative writing and general arsing about online. I keep hearing Macbook.

 

[Avangarde]

Been shopping for a laptop not sure what brand to go with. Uses will be editing, creative writing and general arsing about online. I keep hearing Macbook.

Macs = Simple

Dell = lots of manufacturing faults

HP = Performance

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

macs have performance as well.

 

[bulok]

If money isn't an issue, Acer is very well recommended. They have comparable performance with Dells and have quite good configs for gaming.

For reliability tho if you are going to be using for work and school,nothing beats a Toshiba.

http://www.notebookreview.com/ has some excellent FAQs and discussions on which laptops to get etc.