Hi,

I decided to look around for a new laptop and surfed here.
To my surprise, a HP can be had for below RM2500.

Did the price of a HP laptop drop?
I can't remember the price of that brand to be that low.
It used to be way out of my budget which is always below RM2500.
2 years ago when I was shopping for a laptop, I never considered HP as they were way too expensive.
All I could afford was a brand like Acer.

So is it true that they had a drop in prices?
Does it mean that their quality has dropped?
Or are they now build in Malaysia so that is why it is cheaper.

Thanks

Thanks for your input.

No I'm not seriously looking for a lappy now.
Just browsing.
To my surprise, HP is under my affordable list now.

I notice that in there was a durability test done on the various brands of laptops and HP was dead last!
Asus, Toshiba and Sony were top 3.


So should I consider buying a HP laptop or not?
It looks pretty bad.

I've been using a Sony for 5-6 years now and never ever had any problems with it.
Now I know Sony's are a few hundred bucks more expensive than other brands like Acer, HP, Asus etc but
it seems now I can get something of similar quality in Asus without paying a few hundred premium.

I was eying these 3 as well.
How would you compare their build quality and reliability?
The Square-something laptop failure was done in 2009 so it is quite old but should I take that into account?

Asus was 1st and HP was last.
I hope that HP has improved now but it would still not be on Asus' level right?
I mean I dont expect them to suddenly become a top 5 within 2-3 years time.
And especially not after their laptop prices has reduced a lot recently.

Thanks.

I was referring to these models that you suggested;

I assume these models are the entry/budget type models right?

I have been using my Sony for the past 6-7 years. Never ever had any hardware problems.
Really loving its quality. I can really relate to that study by Squaretrade because my Sony is really top notch.