I am looking for a laptop and i was wondering which is a really good one?
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I think this question gets asked once a day on here, but I'll do my best to give you a good objective opinion.
All notebooks are *generally* the same in reliability, so it all depends on the manufacturer who stands behind it and this is how good their warranties are. You may or may not already know this, but almost all notebooks are made by 4-5 Chinese and Taiwanese companies (Comp, Foxconn, ASUS, etc.) and then bought/rebranded by Dell, HP, Sony, etc., to be sold under their respective name. Most will do "some" design work in-house, but the only one that does all of their own design that I know if is Apple.
Dell has an excellent warranty (esp. for business customers) and even offers drop protection; however, I've never owned one personally and they are not the only mfg that offers drop protection.
Personally, I've only dealt w/ HP and Apple in regard to warranty service and each has done a pretty good job--always provided a fast turnaround and all shipping was paid by them.
HP (like Dell, Gateway, and I believe now Sony) outsources all it's customer service and technical support to India while Apple keeps 90% of it stateside for US customers--I've talked to Canadians on the weekends, so that's probably their -overflow- for tech calls too.
If you follow Consumer Reports, you may want to give Apple a look. They're consistently rated #1 in Consumer Reports for Customer Service and reliability.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/1959000...
From my experience having owned two Powerbooks and a Macbook, each has been very reliable outside of a [Toshiba] hard drive failure on my last Powerbook.
Also, since Apple switched over to Intel chipsets, you can dual-boot Mac OSX and Windows XP/Vista, or run them together via Parallels.
Whatever you decide to get, make sure you get what fits your needs before your wants; I'd hate to tell someone they need to buy a $1,000+ plus computer when a $599 computer would do just fine.
check out the new dell inspirons, the inspiron 1420 and the inspiron 1520. dell is actually a reputable company and it's not as horrendous as people say it is. although the business line for dell has better customer support and services, the consumer line is pretty good as well. just yesterday i ordered a 1420 and the representative i spoke to was very helpful.
the dell is the best not mac or hp
MacBooks are really great! I just switched from windows to mac and it's really simple to use. The macbook has a huge battery life, a camera etc. Really fast as well and comes with lots of really good software.
macs suck, hp and compaq are ok, I would go with a dell or toshiba
Just get an HP.Its good!
If you don't care about prices than definitely get a mac. They will last longer and they are good a everything.
dell computers r one u can look for,even they became cheap these days
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