Lately been searching through the net for laptops due to request from a few friends. Found that a few brands are having the most shares of attention. Not sure whether this topic exists in here or not (tried to search for laptop but can't find), just wanna know how u guys think of these brands (and their models):

DELL
The ultimate brand to go at if u have a tight budget. Good service (as i heard since i didn't have any laptops) and value for good hardware specs. But some friends do experience casing problems after 1 or 2 years of usage (keyboard spoil, plastic cover broken etc). The XPS is really looking cool though.

HP
Good hardware specification (and so i heard) but slightly expensive. Not sure how's the customer support. The design look nice to me (even better than Dell's Latitude, but that's a personal perception). Anyone have any bad experience with HP's laptops?

Acer
Personally i'd banned anything with the brand Acer after having a nightmare with its Desktop. But i do have a few friends who're having a breeze with its laptop. They even put Acer's lappies above Dell and HPs. Hmm, perhaps i'm the only one that's unlucky?

Lenovo
I like ThinkPad but not my wallet. When i heard that Lenovo's coming out with a few low budget laptop i was kinda thrilled. Don't think it's popular in malaysia, ain't it? Anyone using it?

Just for the sake of discussion.

Just some notes on DELL laptops:

The Inspiron and XPS series are actually totally different line from the Latitude and Precision series

the former is just a normal grade laptop while the later is armored to perfection

same goes to lenovo. only the thinkpad series are the IBM laptop. the rest are borne from the china brand lenovo itself.

just take it like this:

inspiron = xps = hp = acer = lenovo

(xps just have better after sales service)

latitude = precision = thinkpad

are u sure inspiron = hp = acer?

HP also got many series and the lower ends one ofcourse cannot be compared with the higher ends one, in terms of built quality and the finishings.

Any good line of laptop from HP then? i'm not familiar with their notebook line...

TS, you do happen to know that this subforum exist?

http://forum.lowyat.net/PDAs&MobileComputing

what to do....newbie always start at the wrong place before browsing to other section.
anyway, compaq is selling a lot more cheaper than the HP.

I think this site, (http://www.smartratings.com/computers/notebooks), has some of the laptops that you're referring to. You can check out the reviews, experts and users alike, and make an informed opinion of the units of interest.

no matter what dont get Compaq. My aunty works there.She say that they recycle HP stuff and reuse put to compaq and sell as a new laptop. HP and compag are the same company. IF got high burget try getting Dell the high end 1. Dont get Dells low end 1.

Buying laptop has always been a compromise for me between performance, weight, price, screen, battery life and warranty.

so depends on your needs, the answer might be different. I would grade as such.

lots of travel -> weight(below 2kg), battery life(> 3 hrs), warranty (international?)
some travel -> screen, price, warranty
desktop replacement -> screen, performance(hdd), price
gaming -> performance(cpu+gpu), screen

my 2 cents.

HP laptops are Compaq's right? or they are promoted as 2 different brand but from the same company?

Stumbled across Toshiba and Fujitsu's laptop.... Heard that the Satelite series are kinda cool... any comments?

Is the current notebook support Extreme DDR2 667 ram?

pls lar
when come to business...other brand also do like this as long the paper show you its cover you the warranty..........


high burget woor.....zzzzzzzz

lol
asi if the Penang Asam Laksa selling at Jalan Petaling really comes all the way from Penang
as they give warranty to all parts, and it looks new, why not?

any laptop for budget gaming? :lol
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I don't really agree with this, HP's Pavillion series are above that of inspiron, acer or lenovo. You can say that inspiron = aspire = compaq = lenovo is abit more accurate...

You guys are missing out the creme of the crop.

Sony's Viao series, Fujitsu, Toshiba and Panansonic produces some of the highest quality laptops, but of course, permium grade comes at a premium price too

i am a HP laptop user...

here is my story...

around 3 years back, i bought the HP compaq nx9010... it's a P4 unit...
but i had alot of problem wif it,... blue screen, laptop hangs and etc...
my unit was in and out the service center very often... almost every 2 months... and the rough total time my unit was in the service center was around 4 months plus...

i complained about the blue screen problem and the inability of the engineers solving my problem to their higher management...
when the laptop almost reaching 1 year, i demanded for a warranty extend as this is their fault for having such problematic laptop...

so... after much hassel, the GM decided to giv me a replacement unit... another model... nx6120...

but then... i realise that their quality control of their products is really bad...
when i got the first unit of the nx6120, the LCD screen had some defect on it... so i asked for a change... they refused, then they say they could only change the LCD screen... fine enough...

one engineer came to my office and change it for me... but during the process, the engineer used some worn out tools and used a flat head screw driver to open the unit... but he carelessly chipped of one portion of the magnesium coating...

i complained to the HP's management regarding this matter, they apologies, and they say they will send me another unit as replacement...

they claimed that they have checked the unit very carefully for defect and etc... then only they send it to me,..
when i started the laptop, when it reached an white background, i realised that i could see an X on the screen... this is because the lumination of the screen wasn't even... every colleague of mine also told me that they saw a X on the screen...

so i called them and told them about this matter... they came and replace another unit...

so now in total they have replaced me 3 units...

Their customer service is not too bad... but only that their product quality is questionable...

Wow..... quite a nightmare you had there..... minus 10 points from HP laptops....

As for Sony VAIO, i heard that the price doesn't match the quality of the product..... well just rumours..... anyone been a VAIO user here?

wah.. i tot NX series is business class and more reliable...?
even DV series and V3000 (mainstream) also no such problem...
if free can come hp thread at PDA and mobile computing and c..

Acer lappys ?

High Spec = Yes

Low/Medium Spec = No

maybe i am also one of those lucky ones ..