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Jump to unread Post a CommentI had a £300 laptop and it fell to pieces and charger broke so looking for a good quality one.
Personally, I've feel that HP's quality has deteriorated over the years, making fundamental mistakes with airflow on certain models, and questionable build quality on even the higher end models like the Envy.
Lenovo are hit and miss - their fairly recent Thinkpad 13 have issues with the screens becoming faulty at any time. I've replaced a fair few over the last year.
Where I would have avoided Dell years ago, their more recent models are some of the best I've dealt with - with the only quibble being the power cord a loose fit on the L702x.
Acer have improved over the years - I think they've put behind the many issues over their 2005-2006 models.
Asus and Sony are also fairly safe bets.
People will bound to disagree with me, and it's down to different experiences - but to my original point I think it'd be a good idea to check out some models, see if you like how it's build (i.e. not too flimsy, comfortable keyboard layout)
Personally, I've feel that HP's quality has deteriorated over the years, making fundamental mistakes with airflow on certain models, and questionable build quality on even the higher end models like the Envy.
Lenovo are hit and miss - their fairly recent Thinkpad 13 have issues with the screens becoming faulty at any time. I've replaced a fair few over the last year.
Where I would have avoided Dell years ago, their more recent models are some of the best I've dealt with - with the only quibble being the power cord a loose fit on the L702x.
Acer have improved over the years - I think they've put behind the many issues over their 2005-2006 models.
Asus and Sony are also fairly safe bets.
People will bound to disagree with me, and it's down to different experiences - but to my original point I think it'd be a good idea to check out some models, see if you like how it's build (i.e. not too flimsy, comfortable keyboard layout)
Any thoughts on Samsung models? I've been throughly impressed with mine..
Personally, I've feel that HP's quality has deteriorated over the years, making fundamental mistakes with airflow on certain models, and questionable build quality on even the higher end models like the Envy.
Lenovo are hit and miss - their fairly recent Thinkpad 13 have issues with the screens becoming faulty at any time. I've replaced a fair few over the last year.
Where I would have avoided Dell years ago, their more recent models are some of the best I've dealt with - with the only quibble being the power cord a loose fit on the L702x.
Acer have improved over the years - I think they've put behind the many issues over their 2005-2006 models.
Asus and Sony are also fairly safe bets.
People will bound to disagree with me, and it's down to different experiences - but to my original point I think it'd be a good idea to check out some models, see if you like how it's build (i.e. not too flimsy, comfortable keyboard layout)
Any thoughts on Samsung models? I've been throughly impressed with mine..
I can't comment on reliability as I've not dealt with Samsung laptops on a personal or corporate level, however I did check out the Series 7 ivy bridge a few months ago and was impressed with the build quality. From reviews i've seen, I don't see a reason for Samsung to be a bad choice at all
They've had issues with models of Fridge Freezers and TV's, not about laptops though
They time-bombed a series of TVs a couple of years ago by loading their PSU's circuit with 10v capacitors, when the circuit ran at 12v, as was clearly noted on the PCB itself. Their response after this issue was discovered was to refuse to do anything, until after legal action was taken against them.
I've not been very fond of the company since then.
Personally, I've feel that HP's quality has deteriorated over the years, making fundamental mistakes with airflow on certain models, and questionable build quality on even the higher end models like the Envy.
Lenovo are hit and miss - their fairly recent Thinkpad 13 have issues with the screens becoming faulty at any time. I've replaced a fair few over the last year.
Where I would have avoided Dell years ago, their more recent models are some of the best I've dealt with - with the only quibble being the power cord a loose fit on the L702x.
Acer have improved over the years - I think they've put behind the many issues over their 2005-2006 models.
Asus and Sony are also fairly safe bets.
People will bound to disagree with me, and it's down to different experiences - but to my original point I think it'd be a good idea to check out some models, see if you like how it's build (i.e. not too flimsy, comfortable keyboard layout)
Any thoughts on Samsung models? I've been throughly impressed with mine..
Samsung don't make their own laptops (they do design them) they are made by 3rd party makers. So it depends who makes that particular line. Clevo make most of them (AFAIK) and they have a good rep.
they might even start putting better screens in. concentrate on build quality rather than power.
start of the school year will be the time, when there's going to be loads of offers.
something like this with Windows 7/8 once it starts selling in UK.
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/builder.workflow:Enter?mtm-item=%3A000001C9%3A00005B47%3A
Edited By: kunyk on Jul 26, 2012 20:39: edit
Always check out Amazon for things like this, if you are careful you can wrap it up and send back if you are not sure about it, their returns are the best around.
Check out Samsung, Sony, both lovely laptop makes for around the money you want to spend. 4GB Ram minimum remember, the rest should be fine.
Always check out Amazon for things like this, if you are careful you can wrap it up and send back if you are not sure about it, their returns are the best around.
Check out Samsung, Sony, both lovely laptop makes for around the money you want to spend. 4GB Ram minimum remember, the rest should be fine.
Ive never used Amazon before, can you use PayPal?
Damn, got money in my PayPal that i could of spent.