OT- laptop info

[mr2686]

Hey guys,
Desktop hp went belly-up again. Looking for a laptop while the darn thing gathers dust at repair. Any thoughts on brands...anything other than hp. Getting tired of reading the board/ebay/auctions on my smart phone. Thanks

[Leon]

About 6 mos ago I updated my 6 yrs old desktop. I bought an HP Pavillion notebook, with a 2720 Intel processor and 8gb ram. Probably the best money I have spent in the last 10 yrs. Absolutely love it. I have a 19" LCD, wired keyboard and optical wireed mouse on my desk, which it connects to with 2 USB ports and a VGA port. There might be other options but I can vouch for this one. Absolutely great and love it.

[19cbb]

If you don't want to convert to Apple OS, I would suggest a Dell or Toshiba laptop.
From my experience, both make pretty durable laptops.
I've been using a Toshiba Portege for quite some time now and I'm very happy with it.

[Leon]

I noticed you don't want HP. I can assure you that anything you buy is going to be from China, Mexico or Japan....mainly China. Dell and Toshiba make nice products too. These things are like gallons of milk lately. They are almost all the same. I would concentrate on the processor, ram and O/S.....and my favorite size laptop screen is 15-16".....good luck!! (I have sold computers for the last 22 yrs)

[drc]

I had a Dell laptop and I was satisfied with it. Service was satisfactory. When things broke they were fixed in a timely manner. I would have another one right now, but I got an apple. I like my MacBook Pro, except for the word processing program which is marginal. I'm a writer, so that's significant.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by drc

I had a Dell laptop and I was satisfied with it. Service was satisfactory. When things broke they were fixed in a timely manner. I would have another one right now, but I got an apple. I like my MacBook Pro, except for the word processing program which is marginal. I'm a writer, so that's significant.

I am also a writer and have managed to move my day-to-day operations exclusively to the iPad. I've purchased the ZaggMate Keyboard and purchased the DocsToGo App and haven't run into any issues yet except for the auto-correct which I disabled after a week or so.

[jcmtiger]

Toshiba, HP or Dell, in that order the cheapest being theToshiba. Unless you are running a large business it doesn't matter, they are all good and all will eventually have to be replaced.

Joe