OT- laptop info

[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

[HANKCADDY]

i have toshiba x505,
love it, but i dont use it to travel with, its just too big, use it more like a desktop

[ruth-gehrig]

I've always had an Acer laptop. Don't know the last model I had but this one is an Acer Aspire with 3GB memory and 250 GB hard drive. My first Acer I bought in 2007 and just got a new one. The old one never ever had any problems at all. Just wanted to upgrade. Dependability is key to me and Acer has never let me down. This one was very reasonable as well. Around $320 if I remember correctly. Cannot beat it.

[henson1855]

We have 4 laptops in the house, two Toshibas, a Dell and an Asus. I will never buy a Dell again,it is the least used and the one with the most problems. Just after the warranty was up the motherboard went down, Dell fixed it but I had to buy a one year extended warranty through them. Now, just after that warranty expired the mouse starts to act up after using it for a period of time and the battery is pooping out according to a warning that keeps popping up. The Toshibas have been rock solid I use them the most. I bought the first one in April 2008 no problems whatsoever. I have a friend who owns a computer repair business, he recommended Toshiba back in 2008 he was right.

[mcap100176]

Wouldn't recommend Dell. There was wiring issues to the motherboard on a lot of shipments. While the problem should have been corrected, this issues was enough to turn me off. Stay away

Acer has a history of motherboard failures. My wife's crashed in October after a year. My IT director's crashed after 4 months. Reading online, this appears to be an issue.


For my job, I just purchased 18 Lenovos (desktops and notebooks in a police department). I have beaten my work one to death, it's two in February, and never a problem. I would recommend a Lenovo from my experience. Other brands that I have worked well is Asus and HP (I only use HP at home).

I'll agree Toshibas are good. I just don't like the way the keyboard fees. Too springy. HP has the best keyboard (in my opinion) followed by Asus. If you get a Lenovo, try to find one without the trackball-thing in the middle of the keyboard, that is my only complaint (at work use the notebook monitor and a 19 inch for dual monitors and a USB mouse so it's not an every day issue.

Just get 4GB or more of RAM and an HDMI port. You can still find computers without the HDMI port. I connect the notebok to the TV through HDMI and have a 37 inch monitor or stream a movie from Amazon.

[canjond]

Mac all the way. Once you make the switch, you'll never go back.

[margoaepi]

I would not purchase a Dell. I had one in law school, and when the thing was about 6 mos. old, it completely crapped out on me, with all my notes, right before finals. Slowly, the same thing started happening to other students. My parents recently bought a new computer, and despite my warnings, they bought a Dell. The computer gave out after a fairly short period of time.

Guess I got to the party too late. I have a toshiba as well. Excellent choice.