Wow, nobody seems to place any votes for Sony, Acer, or BenQ... Let me guess, like what unknown mentioned, Sony's reputation got tarnished by the sales rep thread...

But i suppose Acer and BenQ, who are both related, already have been known for sub-standard products that always break down, ya? Hehehe, looks like both of them are considered the "Protons" of computer!

If u say LOngest Lasting.. Like other forumer had mention, any laptop if u take a good care of it, it will last long... Even my Twinhead P1 266 mmx still with me . Talk about LONG LASTING. But of course when u said obselete, then it's something else. So u can't actually weight the poll in terms of the longest lasting pc. Too subjective in my opinion.

there are other brands that are not bad also. i saw one panasonic lappie in lyp (price RM10k ) alu case, u can slam the laptop and nothing happens to it. its built for those who want to go to rugged places.

currently my family use samsung x20 (cheap ma... ) no problems and quite cool temperature. it has got side air vents. did mpeg2 video capture on 100% battery with pinnacle v10.5, batt lasted me 2 hours.

IBM should be the most lasting in the sense that they are used in police cars in spore. i dun think the police wants their lappie to die half way in an operation rite

Bro, Use in police car is just peanuts..
They even use IBM on International Space Station (ISS) too

Refer to Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TORU_docking_system.jpg

I also dont think the astronaut or cosmonaut want their lappie to die half way when they trying to do their 'stuff' on space right?

ps. Try count how many ThinkPads they use there..

Cheers!

This post has been edited by V3000: Mar 27 2007, 09:38 PM

So far Dell serve me well ...

I'm been using D610 and my current D620 which is give me tiptop performance ...

.All the laptop builders surely will buy processor direct from manufacturer like Intel or AMD.
.Big player like Acer,Dell, HP ,IBM etc will buy chipset and request Nvidia /ATi manufacturer to assemble the graphic.
.For optical, u won't know what exactly which manufacturer from.This is because branded name will not want manufacturer printed manufacturer's name on it.The optical drive might be manufactured by Lite-on.Sony,Acer are just to name a few.
.Today, most parts are from China consider the cost and overhead is low.The competition of pricing switch those major players looking for the cheapest and low cost product but not too bad quality.

This post has been edited by laptopexpert: Mar 28 2007, 12:24 AM

Part are all same i guess, but how they design and how they build the machine lead to how durable and how long can the lappy last.

Not really can apply to all brand.
As far as I know ,Sony optical like cd-rom/dvd-rom manufactured by different Taiwan manufacturers.But I want tell your all here is Lite-on do manufactured for many branded and some might using by your now.
As you search from this site or other major site, you will aware that Lite-on used to bring in break-through latest technology.It is just they do not advertise massly.Maybe this is because they have to take care of many oem volume customers.

(Some optical might not manufactured by Lite-on,so some of them are quite sensitive drive like Sony ).

This post has been edited by laptopexpert: Mar 28 2007, 12:16 AM

from my experience arr..... dun buy a lappie with toshiba optical drive one. coz very sensitive and won't read some discs. they can be found in toshiba and dell lappie. so far i found all the TEAC optical drives have no problem and 1/3 of the price of toshiba drive should u need 1 to replace or upgrade. i think teac is from taiwan. not sure.

Few of the major OEMs build any of their notebooks nowadays. HP has barely had any manufacturing facilities since 2000 I think as it sources its notebooks from Compal, Quanta, Inventec, etc. These ODMs also manufactures for Dell, Acer, Sony, Apple, Toshiba and some Lenovos (all brand name OEMs), so don't be surprised if different branded notebooks are all produced in the same factory. When we talk about reliability or durability, it usually comes down to the design and build materials used in the notebooks. Business notebooks from Lenovo (Thinkpad), HP Compaq (nx/nc/nw) and Dell (Latitude, Precision) are known to have undergone rigorous testing procedures that guarantee the reliability and durability of components. Again, these models are regarded as premium models and usually carry a premium over their consumer counterparts.

It's not possible to determine which brand of laptop is the longest lasting because many brands have both premium models and budget ones. The budget models are usually not as durable or reliable as the premium models. If I were to choose, from experience, I'd say Thinkpads, HP's nx/nc/nw and Dell's Latitude/Precision have the best build quality and reliability. Coincidentally, it is no surprise that they're the most popular in the corporate environment. Toshiba's Tecra range used to be really good too, until they began to trim down their offerings with budget models like the A-series.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Mar 28 2007, 01:04 AM

agree... those model is not same like the normal 1. u may c the spec is almost same with budget 1 but price is totally different, that's the prove..!!

Couse the meterial they use on premium model and the time they spend on R&D.. sure abit more expensive but what we get is peace of mind

Cheers!

me voted for IBM

Cheers to IBM supporter!

And why Sony and BenQ still got no vote? While Acer got 2 vote jo leh!!

This post has been edited by V3000: Apr 5 2007, 06:03 PM

either it is IBM or Toshiba heh i think

Dont left Fujitsu behind bro

i plan to get BenQ le ...but no votings here ..kinda scare o ..hehe

Just get whatever u like, dont trust this vote too much Soo many user on this forum and we get soo less vote! or maybe try google it before get it

Yup.. even though I voted IBM...

I recomended a Fujitsu to my sis coz the design was solid and no nonsense

I also think Toshiba laptops are robust ever since the 486 days...

Where is Apple? I'm not voting for anything exceot Apple laptops.