Chaos Project

I'm thinking about getting a laptop from one of these companies and I need to know which people think is best please consider the fallowing before voting

• Build quality
  
• performance for price
  
• how long it lasts in working order
  
• reputation for having problems (if applicable *I'm sure it is if it isn't search deeper*)
  

after voteing please post a list ranking them  in order with an overall rating of 1-10.

*example list*
Toshiba - 9.5
Dell - 9.3
HP - 8.7
Acer - 8
Gateway - 7.9
Compaq - 7.3


thank you!


*Running total average ratings*

I've had some pretty bad experience with HP. My new roommate bought a Toshiba recently and had even more problems. One of my ex-roommates is the only person that has an Acer and has no problems. I know loads of other people that have giant problems. i.e. The sound card of an Acer of a collegue at college died within 3 months. >.<

I don't know about the rest, but I would recommend Lenovo (IBM). HP is usually way too overpriced, but would still be a good choice even though I had problems myself. That was with cheaper and/or older models, though.

a just forget it looks like I'm getting a fell XPS 1530 laptop

I think this is a pointless discustions and BEFORE you jump on my gun i am IT so yeah i have exp. In tech.

I made the topic originally to see which company people thought was best but almost no one offered any info so I just dropped it

Maybe if you waited for more people to post... -_- You gave an extremely limited selection of manufacturers to choose from. That's like asking which the best filehost is and mention only 4 or 5 of them. Just because they manufacturers say so doesn't mean they ARE the #1, #2 or whatever manufacturer in the world. That's just advertise and you fell for it.

Also, the price range is completely unreal. I doubt that there are any half-assed laptops for less than $800. Usually stuff under $1200 is complete crap. You don't get a lot for the money you pay. i.e. My current roommate bought a laptop a few weeks ago for $900 and it's meh. I wouldn't give that kind of money for a laptop like that. I'd rather pay $1400-$1600 for a reasonably good one. Usually the overpriced stuff like $2000 and higher is either stuff from HP which you can get for less money from another manufacturer or it has a hardware configuration which differs from the $1500 price models by 10%, maybe 20%. i.e. You get 20GB more HDD, 1GB more RAM and a better graphic card. That's throwing away money. You can get giant external harddrives for a low price (300GB for $200?). RAM is cheap as ever (1GB for $40-$60, that's about the price in my country). And a better graphic card? If you're not a hardcore gamer who needs it, better leave it be.