I own a Toshiba Satellite for almost 3 years and it is having all kinds of hardware and software issue. At work we are using HP and works very good but maybe it is becasue I cannot install many things on the work computer and it is not moving so much with me.
Now I want to buy a new laptop and the main question is; is there such thing as a most problem free laptop brand? If this was a question for cars, I would reply Toyota or VW or Mercedes. If there is I will prefer that brand even if it is more expensive.
I asked the question to laptop repairing guy, that I know thanks to my Toshiba and he tells me all laptops are the same as they are manufactured in same factories with same components. Branding is just marketing. I wonder if it is true.
Thanks for your answers.
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April 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I like Gateway. I bought it in the December of 2006, and it hasn’t had many problems.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am
ibm
used my all the IT pros can find em on ebay £500 and under… some amzing features like the hard drive detects when its getting dropped and turns itsself off to protect data… if the windows software crashes with the click of 1 button you can still get onto the internet….
people will probally tell you to get sony but ibms are used by it professionals for a reason
hope this helped
April 28th, 2009 at 9:58 am
any laptop with DOS
April 29th, 2009 at 4:28 am
i have used toshiba, and it has several issues. with hp, it depends, but i’ve used a couple, which has been purchased through sales at hp.com, and they too have issues regarding drivers that don’t work well with windows. with dell, it depends, because my friend in singapore got many problems with the service of dell after buying his defective laptop. i bought a sony vaio series s 3 years ago, and i paid more for upgrading the memory to a gig. and i have no problems with it, and i haven’t had an urge to replace it. whenever, i came across something i cannot solve, i just reformat and reinstall the whole thing - it is easier because windowsxp is integrated into sony’s bundled programs, you can even change the partition, or uninstall the bundled programs. the thing that i like is that i don’t have to re-activate windows. unlike other brands like toshiba, dell and hp, every time you reformat, reinstalling windows is separate from installing their programs, then you still need to re-activate windows online - this is annoying!
i don’t think it is just branding. i also believe that a laptop’s softwares/ drivers must also work well with windows, because this is usually the cause of the problem. next is when you have problem, do the company have free online info how to deal with them. sony always publishes online whenever a newer version comes up and you can download it. but it is also adviseable to buy a laptop with more memory than what is offered at least 1gb or 2gb in case of windows vista. doing this can guarantee that you will have less urge to replace it in the near future.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
With proper care, I never had hardware issues with my IBM Thinkpads at the office or my Compaq, Acer and Asus laptops at home. Most of the issues I’ve encountered are software/driver related.
The technician is mostly right. The top laptop or PC makers are just system builders. They do not make processors, chipsets, motherboards, RAM, hard drives, etc. They just source from big makers like Intel or AMD for processor; ASUS, Foxconn, Gigabyte, etc. for motherboards and so on.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am
ya,actually its true,all laptops are the same .its just that some of them have better hardware or even better speed , the only thing which is different is the parts of laptop