MooseMan3000

Well, I don't have TOO much experience in this, but both my sister and my girlfriend have IBM laptops, and they've been nothing but trouble from the get-go. They have two different Thinkpad models, and both of them have experienced hardware failure, compatibility problems, and have just been a general pain in the ass. After a year my sister's hard drive failed, and 6 months later her CD-ROM bit it. My girlfriend's Matshita DVD-ROM/CD-RW is broken after about 8 months. They both have lots of burned out pixels. Oh, and the warranty didn't cover any of it, apparently.

Another friend of mine had a Sony Vaio, and I agree... they are heinous machines.

My friend with his Alienware is immensely happy, but they're pricey as fuck. Same with my other friend and his iBook. Both very respectable machines, but you pay for them.

And I've known many people with Dell laptops who have loved them. In fact, two of my friends have had run-ins with liquid spilled on their keyboards (tea and coffee) and had no issues with them post spill. So that's a plus.

I don't know much about Toshiba, but they seem to be popular around here. If that means anything.



Edit: Pentium 4 M means P4 Mobile. I believe they are just lower power consumption and slightly lower clock speeds, but the same processor.

Edit 2: This counts as first hand experience because my friends always come to me to fix their laptops when they're broken =P