Hello. Please share how long you been using your laptop and what brand is it?

I been using Lenovo laptop. Now its around 7 years already. However during the 3rd year, both motherboard and HDD failed. Claimed under warranty.

For me, dell inspiron series, no budget to get xps series yet,
And then Thinkpad...

I used Lenovo T480 when it came out four years ago. Still performing well, I passed it down to my son now for his gaming (Roblox mainly) and online classes. The only fault was its keyboard; warranty claims and repair were straightforward.

I have used Dell and HP before that, but low spec/entry-level. So, I didn't have much care for it. Had used Fujitsu in the mid to late 2000s, a midrange laptop. That was built and reliable like a tank. No downtime, no warranty claim. I lugged it all around as I was making sales back then.

Now I am using MacBook Air 2021. So far, so good.

Asus laptop: 5 years (2016-2021)
HP laptop: few months now

However, I wouldn't necessarily generalise a certain brand as being unreliable -- it varies from model to model.

Illegear since 2020

Asus a8he since 2006 or 2007

Lenovo Flex 2 14, 7 years laptop and still going, bought RM2.4k at that time.

I have changed to new laptop due to needed more computing power.

Touchpad right click not working well after 4th or 5th year, not big deal as I am using wireless mouse.

Display have one line after 5th or 6th year, not big deal as I am using external monitor, surprisingly 7 years laptop still able to output 4k resolution.

keyboard have one key not functioning after 6th year, ordered the keyboard online and changed it myself.

Changed from HDD to SSD on 6th year and laptop fly again.

Battery can't last very long, didn't want to change battery as I already changed new laptop.

ThinkPad all the way from T23 changed to T42P then move to more mobile model x280 and now Yoga... No major issue ...

I've been own different brand of laptops for the past 15 years including surface..so far DELL were the most reliable

Now both my kids laptop also DELL.

Dell Inspiron 2011 - 2015. by then it was slow but still working. I just abandoned it. probably could have revived with SSD and/or Linux.

Illegear 2014 - 2016. CPU replaced first year. CPU died again right after warranty. never again.

Dell Inspiron 2016 - present. wife using, still going strong.

Thinkpad E series 2019 - present. mother using, still going strong.

Acer predator 15 first model since 2015 until now still no lag & strong

MacBook Pro 2016. using apple since I started using personal computers.

from my experience, Dell support is good (my son's computer)

I have a Toshiba Satellite (P4 days) mobo, HDD died within warranty. I can still memorise the SN since always go to SC.

Then bought a Dell Vostro 1320. Still works until today. LCD ribbon cable failed after 12 years. Batt died. Upgraded to SSD.

Then bought a Thinkpad X280. No issue.

I also have (ab)used many Thinkpads from work, X240, X250, E14

What I wanna say is that brand alone is not representative of all the product series' quality.. great brand but Elcheapo series/poor design also will cause a lot of issue. So picking the right series is important.

Lenovo Thinkpads X series and T series laptops are great bulletproof or near bulletproof.

But the Thinkpad "Elcheapo series" E14..random crash, random overheat due to stupid vent design muffled by screen bottom (not blowing out to the side).

Also worked for a kiamsiap company gave a i3 Lenovo Ideapad.. slow like tortoise.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Dec 9 2021, 01:59 AM

surface pro 7 already 3 years
the alcantara ugly already

there is a sony vaio thats close to 8 years already changed the ram and hdd now its cpu mining somewhere with free electricity

my lenovo y510p 2013 (self upgraded to SSD) still working...
but everyday, I am very scared of it to not suddenly break down

This post has been edited by premier239: Dec 9 2021, 08:42 AM

MacBook Pro 13 inch late 2013 since 2013. Still working fine although might be a little sluggish when running xcode but still can use. Never had any problem even until now.

This post has been edited by LovelyPotato: Dec 9 2021, 09:02 AM

even laptops from same brand but different range/year has different quality

Bought a used Lenovo, by age should be 4 years. buy when it was used for 10 month.

Had some issue with the adapter and the charging port, might be due to powersurge. and just changed the bottom case due to cracks

otherwise the laptop is still doing quite well

A majority of students on tight budget would definitely be on Acer. Those things last an average of 5 years. Batteries and hard disk account for the common problem of failures. Mind you most of these are like sub RM2000 laptops.

My vote is for Lenovo. Had a Y580 (iirc) and now a T590. Both are good and stable.

Dell always problematic for me. Had an XPS and that had charging problems after a year. Office Dell had motherboard and fan problems that the technician couldn't fix. I just returned it for another after 3 years. Luckily didn't have to use it often. Only took it when I had to travel on business.

Company HP also very unstable. Damn expensive workstation laptop and always giving blue screen. This was about 10 years ago. Older models were damn solid, though. Had a few in the lab that we took to the mountains for experiments and sub zero weather in snow and rain (just wrapped in plastic bag).

Asus had a cracked casing in less than a year., But that was 15 years ago. Think they fixed it for newer models, but still feels flimsy to me.

5 years change la

Company bought around 20+ lenovo T580, less than 2 years around 4-5units laptop with battery issue. Cant turn on with battery on it

warranty doesnt cover battery

This post has been edited by melt: Dec 10 2021, 11:49 AM

I prolly prefer Lenovo.

Had 4 Dell Inspiron in my company and all of them seems to be problematic in one way or another. Their warranty service is top notch though, but some problems are weird. Not sure how to even ask for warranty as it comes and goes.

Lenovo - Most of them seems pretty good, though 1 batch of Lenovo IDEApad had all the SSD failing, aside from that it's all good.

get a dell, it may not have the best reliability but dell warranty is very good.

Lenovo G40 since 2013

Acer Swift 5, from 2018 until now. Daily student use + basic entertainment, still in good condition!

7 years is a long time and is good enough. You should get a faster CPU in 7 times.

All my laptop don't last more than 4 years.

I am using ASUS now and it is still working after 4 years.

Is the Lenovo as reliable as ASUS? I am having ASUS now which is taiwanese brand.

I never had any problem with Asus for 3 to 4 years already.

Is Lenovo body metallic or plastic?

Nowadays most laptops use plastic ABS material and very flimsy.

T430 second hand

Model from 2012
Bought in 2017-ish

Last 2 years buy new battery, but condition barely changed
Last year only change the fan

If anything, you are more likely to focus on fan problem than anything else on laptop

It should be based on the series not the brand. One cannot compare the reliability of a consumer grade laptop with an enterprise grade laptop.
Eg Dell Latitude, HP Elitebook, ACER Travelmate, Lenovo Thinkpad and etc. Usage environment also matters a lot.

Acer Predator gaming laptop clocked 2 years today without any failure. No lag or anything.

Heavy usage on work & games.

This post has been edited by meghamtaro: Jan 21 2022, 08:22 AM

Asus A43S bought since 2014.
Just upgrade RAM and changed SSD.
Connect to Samsung syncmaster 2333 until now still usable for my office work.
Recently bought an ideapad gaming 3 but seldom use it.

This post has been edited by taiko8148: Jan 21 2022, 09:14 AM

Macbook Air since 2020, so far so good, start up very fast, battery can last 8 hour

This post has been edited by Taintedfury: Jan 21 2022, 09:49 AM

Lenovos are generally sturdy and reliable.

Currently using Asus ROG, seems good for now

Hp basic 14 inch with ryzen5
Works well but is very flimsy

Lenovo is the most reliable.
Then M1 macbook air also not bad

got carbon fiber body also

own pick latitude becos many spare part in msia

Americans always like to say China's products are inferior to theirs. Now it's the other way. Chinese products are better than American products.

Americans workers are actually quite lazy compared to Chinese if you ever work in USA.

Thinkpad E series, bought 2012.Still using it. Changed to ssd performance better than hdd. No more lagging.

Either HP or Asus for me. HP if got more $ to spend, if not much $ then Asus.

I have a lenovo ideapad Y series, the one with ultrabay, been using since 2014 until today, i just swapped the hdd to ssd a few months ago.

Been using Acer Nitro 5 since 2019. Other than it being slightly heavy, I have no issues with it. Work, game, movie all with one laptop!

5 years is a long time. My Acer only last 2 years.

Which brand do you recommend that can last more than 5 years?

bought my Acer predator 17 2015. the battery is a long time gone but still going strong in 2022. looking to buy an Asus rog next but IDK when will the laptop be dead.

has been using illegear for many years.

after 1 year of using, some keys on keyboard wont register when pressed. Battery died quite fast because the design, they put the battery near the HOT vents.

then forgot since when, the motherboard a bit problem. When i boot up the pc, the power will cut off only then boot up again.

if want replacement part, rm100 item they charge you 5x the price if you ask for the serial number of the replacement part, so you can buy cheap from china, they dont give.

about the design part, cant really blame them. They just rebrand Thunderobot china brand into theirs, every thing else same But will i be their repeating customer? hell no

Top
1. Thinkpad
2. Dell business laptops.
3. Thinkpad e series
4. Dell consumer
5. Lenovo, Acer


Bottom
1. Asus
2. Hp business, consumer
3. Compaq, compal, oem stuff

Acer - 5 years+ .... on the 4th year - ngam ngam the HDD rosak 1 day before warranty expires ... lucky .. 5th year, mobo gone due to windows celaka update

currently on dell G5, bought end of december 19 -- damn lucky, cause any later date cannot get the same cheap price d, even until now damn expensive .. but regret i didnt invest more in the warranty

Been Surface Laptop 1 since 2019, sent it back to Microsoft due to dent and they replaced mine with a new one. Already sold to my brother last year and still kicking.

Bought Surface Laptop Go in early 2020. Had nothing against it except for the non touch screen.

Just bought new old stock Macbook 12, so far okay.

My laptop history:
1. Cheapo entry level Acer, less than RM1.8k back in 2008. Unusable after 3 years, too slow - what to expect for an entry level laptop in 2009.
2. Dell Inspiron with 2nd gen i7 in 2011/12. Very reliable, lasted me full 6 years and actually should be still working until today, but I moved on to a desktop PC and the plastic parts have decomposed.
3. My sister's Dell Vostro bought around 2.5 years ago, all good until now, just changed battery.

Not all models under same brand have same quality.
Most important is how good their after sales services and warranty. But sometimes no spare parts also.

Fujitsu P series - too many year and still running, no problem except batt died, change to ssd and upgrade ram over the year.
Thinkpad X series - using the third one, very good, change every 2 year - company supply.
Asus expertbook - 2nd month, so far so good, very light and long lasting batt.
Huawei duno what mate or pad - tabole pakai, return to comp after 1 month +

Dell Inspiron. Bought 2015 still in use for engineering simulations. Light stuff nothing heavy.

Changed battery in 2019 and SSD in 2020.

Few months ago all the rubber fitting around the LCD and below on the bottom cover start to deteriorate. Don't know why and how to replace. Asked few repair shops they also don't know. Any idea?

I am using Huawei. Already year 5th. So far so good.

I think laptop is more on which one gives better support and service.

Most computer nowadays don't last beyond 5 years. 5 years is a long time.

I am thinking of either buying Huawei, Lenovo or Asus. Why did you choose Huawei?

the piece look good and price is ok

I will say HP and Lenovo based on years of using laptops in my office
Dell sucks. Build quality is cheap plak.

i recently bought online honor laptop but yet to received , 16MB , intel i5, rm3199
https://www.lazada.com.my/products/honor-ma...&freeshipping=1

warranty support should be ok coz under huawei service centre

My acer aspire 9 years still running fine. Changed Harddisk on the 6/7th year, which is normal. Added ram to 8gb too.

HP Mini 110 - Get as 1 Malaysia laptop back in 2008. Use casually by my sister until 2013. Last year 2 year I tried still can On. Nothing to do with it so I just store as childhood nostalgia

HP Pavilion G4 - Buy 2011 - My laptop during SPM day. Already replace HDD. Apart from broken hinge, still OK until today. Use in my parents house as casual laptop.

Lenovo Y580 - Buy 2013 last year 2021 kaput. Transistor died & not worth the repair. 8 years is OK for me as I heavy gaming every day.

Dell E7440 - Company laptop. 2014 start use. Very reliable workhorse. Everyday I use at production line. Dropped, knocked by jig, even I bring into heater chamber. Never gives problem. Now already buy for my part time job use.

HP 850 G5 - Company laptop. 2019 start use. Not so good. Battery died 2 month before warranty end. Touch screen got ghost touch. 3.5mm port also kaput.

My verdict - Reliable for long term use: Lenovo, reliable for harsh use: Dell

What???

Asus a8he.

Dell. one of it still working since 2008.

Very true...

Once tasted enterprise grade laptops, will not want to go back to consumer grade laptops- at least for me.

Both Dell and HP sucks. Chinese and Taiwanese products are now much better in quality than American products.

American products used to be reliable 20 years ago but not now, full of bugs and problems nowadays

Bought my first HP many years ago but never again after realising how unreliable it is.

I am using ASUS now, maybe switching to Lenovo when i upgrade to faster machine

This post has been edited by ericthai: Jan 28 2022, 09:14 PM

Go for Lenovo. If you compare same specs at different brand, you can see Lenovo laptop is cheaper by RM200. From what I know from my company IT tech, HP & Dell is preferred as company laptop/PC mainly because after sales & brand preferences. My company is Europe MNC, even power tools here use Atlas Copco or Stanley eventhough Makita is cheaper.

msi gaming laptop since 2015, now still usable but god damn the hdd fking sucks, thinking of upgrading to ssd. Also the screen ard got white lines all around.

Of course, European companies would prefer their own or American brands because they are of the same race.

Reliability? ThinkPad. Any model.

Parts easy to find and cheap too. Forget shops at LYP or DM. Just order from AliExpress and wait 2 months.

Which country designed and produce Thinkpad?

Why is it better than ASUS or Lenovo?

This post has been edited by ericthai: Jan 30 2022, 09:27 PM

IBM until 2004. After that, Lenovo.

Being a ThinkPad collector myself, I have models from 2005 such as the X32 still in pristine working condition. Almost every old ThinkPad I acquired all works as intended.

Only those I found from the dumpster or given away need new parts from AliExpress. Parts are easily swapped around with different ThinkPads.

This post has been edited by acbc: Jan 30 2022, 09:50 PM

How is the user experience?

I generally satisfied with my 2010 Dell Lattitude, and 2010 Thinkpad.

Both are very-very durable.

I no longer use battery for these two computer, but use power outlet instead..

My vaio 2008 - Present

Still kick ass

This post has been edited by Matatai: Jan 31 2022, 12:51 AM

Just don't buy those Thunderobot/Illegear, they only resell China brands like Tongfang, reliability is not good with many battery problems. Spare parts also extremely difficult to get.

My vote is for Dell Latitude or Lenovo Thinkpad series. If want to game, get a desktop PC or Lenovo Legion series

If anyone need to service their laptop, can PM me also.

This post has been edited by ghostcommand: Jan 31 2022, 01:16 AM

Quite good, now updating to win 11.
No gaming , only for ofis use eg word ,excel, adobe , PowerPoint, browsing.
15.6 inch , 1.56kg

What took you so long to consider SSD? Just do it.

1st dell inspiron (pentium duo core) laptop served me for 10 years, and now my second dell inspiron intel 8th i7 generation gonna 4 years soon.

Mine approaching 9 also. Acer Aspire is a surprisingly resiliant model. Thinking of getting a few for the office mid year when prices stabilize.

The only major problem i have dealing with laptops is this.



My friend have a 3 months old DELL with this problem. I have seen 2 different models of Lenovo Yoga 5 years old with the same problem. And yes both has touch screen and the hinges detach because of this design.

The old Acers from year 200x also has this problem.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Feb 4 2022, 03:00 PM

Thinkpad for the win

Here's my ThinkPad X61 Tablet from 2007. Fully restored and upgraded. Using it today.

This post has been edited by acbc: Feb 4 2022, 03:18 PM

2014 15inch MacBook Pro Retina.
Still performing like day 1 purchase, no issues