Laptop Ranking... (Score 1)

In my position I have to setup and repair many different laptops from the big manufacturers. Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, Compaq, HP, Acer, Sony...I'll stop there. I'd have to rate Dell at the top in terms of the quality of their machines, options, and service. Gateway number 2...they have the best looking displays of them all, but the quality is not as good as Dell and their service is much worse. Dell gets me a part in 24 hours...Gateway can take up to a week. I could recomend either of those two without any hesitation. Toshiba SUCKS and that's all there is to them. I've had problems with every one that's come through my hands(20+). Compaq - Don't think I really need to say much about them, save to say that if you ever get a replacement part for them, they never follow up. HP - Ha. Acer - The couple we've had are alright. Not the fastest...they're mostly in the slim laptop market, meaning that your extra drives are external...haven't had to deal with their service. And that leaves Sony on my list...I'd never buy a Sony PC product. As far as I know you can only get XP on their new systems, they don't provide drivers for any other OS's...and some of them are XP only anyhow. They lock out much of the functionality of XP to start with...No Administrator login, and the admin access you have, isn't. Dell and Gateway both offer price reductions on multiple machine orders and are generally well priced. Of the brands I've listed I would recommend one of them. If you're looking for an open system that allows you to install whatever OS you want as well as adding hardware...they're the best and the easiest.

-michael