I bought an Asus g73jh-a2 about 8 months ago and the only issue I had was one of the disks going slightly mental after a few months so I had it replaced (and got a repaste and a few other things done as well, free of charge). Great specs for a good price imo, and a damn good warranty to boot.
Okay... So what company makes the LEAST crappy laptops?
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I am on my second Toshiba Satellite, but not because one broke. I gave my first to my sister in law and got a smaller second because I commute a lot and needed something lighter (iPad just doesnt cut it for what I need). Both are working great.
But to the guy who said his computer is running hot, it sounds like you might want to clean out the air duct on the cooling unit. That's something everyone with a laptop should do every six months or so, and honestly you will see an improvement in temperature and laptop performance. Geek squad can do it for a hundred bucks or so... or you could do it yourself for the cost of a screwdriver.
But to the guy who said his computer is running hot, it sounds like you might want to clean out the air duct on the cooling unit. That's something everyone with a laptop should do every six months or so, and honestly you will see an improvement in temperature and laptop performance. Geek squad can do it for a hundred bucks or so... or you could do it yourself for the cost of a screwdriver.
I currently own and use three Dell laptops, one HP, one Lenovo and one Toshiba. Over the past few years I have also owned and used one more HP, one Compaq, one Gateway and three or four more Dells - these are now retired and gifted to friends or family. (Yeah, I work in IT ;-)
I purchased all of the Dells from the Dell outlet store, so they're refurbished or "scratch and dent" or the like. This generally means a much lower cost and much quicker delivery, since you're buying a machine that already exists instead of having one built just for you. The only problems I've had with any of the Dells is the cooling fan on an Inspiron 9400 and the power brick on an Inspiron 9100 (both now retired) that died after a few years use. Both were easily replaced (by me, out of warranty) and I never had any other problems.
The one laptop with which I've had consistent and ongoing problems is the Toshiba - a Portege M400 tablet. I paid more for this machine than for any other two of my laptops combined, including paying an extra load for the "no matter what goes wrong we'll have someone onsite in 24 hours to fix or repair it" warranty service. This machine has been plagued with problems, and Toshiba's warranty is so full of loopholes that each time there is a problem it takes me weeks to convince them that the problem is real, and then they ALWAYS say that this type of problem falls outside the terms of the warranty, and that I need to ship the computer to them for diagnostics.
So based on my personal experience, it looks like any vendor can give you a lemon, and at that point you have to hope that their service department doesn't suck too hard. I would not hesitate to buy another Dell for myself or a family member, but I will NEVER buy a Toshiba again, ever.
I purchased all of the Dells from the Dell outlet store, so they're refurbished or "scratch and dent" or the like. This generally means a much lower cost and much quicker delivery, since you're buying a machine that already exists instead of having one built just for you. The only problems I've had with any of the Dells is the cooling fan on an Inspiron 9400 and the power brick on an Inspiron 9100 (both now retired) that died after a few years use. Both were easily replaced (by me, out of warranty) and I never had any other problems.
The one laptop with which I've had consistent and ongoing problems is the Toshiba - a Portege M400 tablet. I paid more for this machine than for any other two of my laptops combined, including paying an extra load for the "no matter what goes wrong we'll have someone onsite in 24 hours to fix or repair it" warranty service. This machine has been plagued with problems, and Toshiba's warranty is so full of loopholes that each time there is a problem it takes me weeks to convince them that the problem is real, and then they ALWAYS say that this type of problem falls outside the terms of the warranty, and that I need to ship the computer to them for diagnostics.
So based on my personal experience, it looks like any vendor can give you a lemon, and at that point you have to hope that their service department doesn't suck too hard. I would not hesitate to buy another Dell for myself or a family member, but I will NEVER buy a Toshiba again, ever.
I dunno, my dads got a Toshiba and the only problem he had was that he got a virus that makes him unablr to open Internet Explorer. So he got Google Chrome. Which is 10x better I must add
my dell' sbeen running fine for a year and ahalf...
HP just has solid looking 'tops.
Toshiba feel like i can sit on 'em.
HP just has solid looking 'tops.
Toshiba feel like i can sit on 'em.
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My HP dv7t se is pretty good. Intel i7-720, AMD 5650, 6gb DDR3 and Windows 7 are more than enough to play any game available, and it's not too expensive either. It feels pretty well-built too. Only complaint I have is that they clock the videocard kind of low, but that can be easily fixed with AMD GPU clock tool.
I've read that it's because the Toshiba Satellite series incorporates AMD graphics cards, which supposedly generate more heat than other brands. This is the brand of laptop I'm using, and I like it. If you're having overheating issues (you can check the temperature with SpeedFan or a similar application), try cleaning it out with compressed air. It lowered my laptop's idle temperature from something like the high 70s to the 40s.sneakypenguin said:
I have an Acer 7740G. There are a few different editions, I have the one with the HD5650 and Intel i7 in it, and it totally kicks ass. It's quite good for gaming, but the main reason I got it was heavy duty graphic production and high-resolution 3D design at school, because those dreadful iMacs at school just aren't up to anything with over 1M polygons. It's performing extremely well, never bugged out or crashed or even lagged on me so far.
I have an Acer Aspire 5553 and have used it every day (although I only got it in september). I havn't had any problems with it, it's even great for gaming...
This, I'm not necessarily promoting the MAC OS which can't play games. I played oblivion on bootcamp on mine. But that's about the only PC game that I played, I usually use my consoles. Besides Minecraft works fine on a mac, so I'm set.theriddlen said:
One of the major problems with Apple is that developers are more often than not left out in the cold, along with its OS. This is not really a new thing per se, but it has gotten worse as Apple has drummed up interest in the portable market. Why bother spending precious development funds on maintaining a desktop OS when those same funds would yield a much higher return if used on the next-gen iPad/iPhone/[insert unannounced portable device here]?darksakul said:
To be honest, I own an Alienware laptop that had a year warranty, it didn't brick out, tech support have been nothing but absolutely helpful above and beyond the call of duty to me, it runs everything I throw at it perfectly and to be fair, I feel like I got a damn good deal out of it.
Hell, the only time it ever bricked out was through my own fault, I contacted tech support and they actually offered me 3 year warranty at a discount.
Alienware may be owned by Dell, but I've found that, through my experience, very little, if any of the Dell stink has gotten into the company proper.
Hell, the only time it ever bricked out was through my own fault, I contacted tech support and they actually offered me 3 year warranty at a discount.
Alienware may be owned by Dell, but I've found that, through my experience, very little, if any of the Dell stink has gotten into the company proper.
Do not get a dell... I have a dell... I also got the 4 year warranty.... not even 3 years have passed and 40% of the time it's been either: unusable or being shipped off for repairs.
Not a single part of that laptop hasn't been replaced at least TWICE.
Hard disk failures: 17
Motherboard failures: 4
Video Card failures: 6 (I have a non integrated graphics... upgradeable...)
Monitor failures: 3
Keyboard replacements: 12
Optical Drive failures: 4
Memory failures: 2 (Eventually replaced the memory with a 4 gig upgrade from newegg 2 years ago... hasn't died...)
Yeah... go with ASUS, all my laptop toting friends have them, for 800 bucks you can get yourself a really nice laptop.
Not a single part of that laptop hasn't been replaced at least TWICE.
Hard disk failures: 17
Motherboard failures: 4
Video Card failures: 6 (I have a non integrated graphics... upgradeable...)
Monitor failures: 3
Keyboard replacements: 12
Optical Drive failures: 4
Memory failures: 2 (Eventually replaced the memory with a 4 gig upgrade from newegg 2 years ago... hasn't died...)
Yeah... go with ASUS, all my laptop toting friends have them, for 800 bucks you can get yourself a really nice laptop.