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[quote=mynameisnora]lenovo or asus
if youre going to invest in something you're using for many years at least invest in something good ya feel man?[/quote]

ahhh good point, idk I didnt think about that because I wanted to save as much and get a low price laptop for non gaming use.
Just when I already purhased a $170 HP Pavilion G60 vista home premium 16" laptop, I see an Asus 15.6" for only $199.99.... bad timing damn.

Oh god, why does Dell / HP have more votes?
Well, why are your choices,..

If your just including mainstream laptops (not business class), Go for a Mac, Lenovo, Fujistu, or Asus. If you want to stick to the ones you listed, go for Acer.

I personally own a refurbished Lenovo, and it's still in almost perfect shape after 2+ years.

I've had a Lenovo and they're pretty good, lasts for quite awhile i think one of the hinges on my lenovo got stuck and when i tried to close it it broke part of the laptop
soooo idk. everything worked fine, just needed lots of duck tape

I've also had a samsung laptop and they're pretty good too

out of those choices i don't really like any of those brands if i had to choose anything HP i suppose

Toshiba swag.

lenovo or asus
if youre going to invest in something you're using for many years at least invest in something good ya feel man?

@YouAzle: Amazon's got great deals for not only used but new machines. I'd check there first, it will ship to you faster.

I have an Asus laptop and it's been great so far.

[quote=JekutoNightra]Compaq is on this list but not ASUS? ASUS or Lenovo are excellent machines. If you can't find one of those, Acer makes good machines. Maybe an Apple with Windows?

Stay away from Alienware[/quote]
Ignore the poll, I just put whatever brand came to mind and I didnt know about Asus or lenovo. Those are expensive though, and recently found out that HP laptops heat up and get very hot...not good. So I'm going with Asus or Lenovo. But not sure to get from ebay or Amazon.

Haven't had any bad experiences with Dell or HP machines.
I've never used anything from Acer or Compaq.

Compaq is on this list but not ASUS? ASUS or Lenovo are excellent machines. If you can't find one of those, Acer makes good machines. Maybe an Apple with Windows?

Stay away from Alienware

I've personally had horrible experience with dell hardware and customer service

Acer- the worst
compaq- second worst
dell- pretty good i guess
hp- good
i prefer asus though

I wouldn't trust Dell and HP at all. They are popular brands but they definitely aren't the most reliable. I've trusted Lenovo and Acer with laptops. In the end though, a huge factor is the build quality. If a computer doesn't have a good heating solution, you're ganna fry your internals if you don't monitor it all.

Compaq and HP are manufactured by HP I think.
I don't know why people keep getting Acers. Dell seems to be used by a lot more people so it's probably better. Idk how else to compare them.

EDIT: actually, Dell makes Alienware laptops, and we had one of those but it totally sucked. We barely used it but every time we did it had another problem. I think the power supply was ruined eventually or something like that.
We had a huge Dell XPS 710 or 720 or something and after a few years that thing's power supply went bad too, or it coulda been the motherboard. We haven't bothered to figure it out. The graphics card was awesome though.

So nevermind on Dell. Get an HP.

Asus is good i had it for 1+ year running great..but im thinking about Mac also

Why isn't Asus on that list? I've had an Asus laptop for 2 years now and it's been running great for this whole time, and you get great quality for how much you spend.

lenovo and apple

HP has a nice build quality. Lenovo is pretty reliable. Dell, well I can't really say since the only Dell Laptop I've owned ran on XP. And I haven't used Acer or compaq.

none......Asus is the only way to go

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade

Compaq? Isn't it merged with the HP company?

Lenovo

[quote=kayfabe]i feel like you can get anything as long as you take care of it.

but if i had the money, i'd get a newer thinkpad.[/quote]
good point.

i feel like you can get anything as long as you take care of it.

but if i had the money, i'd get a newer thinkpad.

@lettucing:
thanks i guess.. you know "just get whatever laptop ytou want" , that's why I made this thread cause I don't know which one to get. Just looking for suggestions...

had a dell, hp, and toshiba. hp is ok. dell screen died. toshiba --dont like quality. never had a mac but i heard they're good quality.

lenovo or acer.

edit: samsung is also a very reliable company.

Mac or Lenovo if you want reliability. Yes those brands are a bit pricier but in the long run it'll be worth it because they last.

none.

it depends.

of that list, i only have experience with acer and dell. screen broke on the acer and i had to replace the power button cable inside the laptop under the keyboard in the dell.

just get whatever laptop you want.