OT- laptop info

[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.

[alanu]

I have a Toshiba Satellite L505 that I haven't had any problems with.

[mr2686]

Hello everyone, I am typing to you from my brand new Toshiba Satelliite L775. I want to thank everyone that shared their opinions with me. It made my purchase a lot easier. Sorry I didn't elaborate before, but I really HATE typing on the smart phone (I'm a pre-texting generation kinda guy). Anyway, I've always been an HP person but have had problems with the last 3 purchased (seems to be motherboard issues) and this last go round with their customer service has been the final straw for me. I'm really happy with this Toshiba and was up and loaded with security and microsoft office within 20 minutes and just have to move over my saved files.
Thanks again to everyone!

[19cbb]

Excellent choice. You won't be disappointed.

[Leon]

Along with our Mac Pro (my daughter) and HP (me) we also have 2 Toshiba notebooks. The Toshibas have been fine though they are older and need more ram and a new OS, which we won't upgrade due to their age. I bought my wife the top of the line Ipad2 yesterday. She likes it more than a pc or notebook. My daughter and my wife have Iphones. I have a dumb phone and am perfectly happy. Good luck with your Toshiba, you will do fine with it.

[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.