Dell are actually pretty good as far as I know. I don't use one of their laptops personally but collegues at work do (they seem to be our preferred supplier) and have said good things about them. Their only downside tends to be price, so if you've got a discount then definitely look seriously at what they've got.
I've had no problems with my current laptop (a Toshiba) and it performs as advertised, but I have realised over my years of laptop use that I didn't choose very well at the time.
Basically, I went for DVD over portability (I couldn't get both for the price at the time). I've realised since then that I almost never use the DVD player but if I'd got a slimmer lighter model I could have taken my laptop with me much more than I do now, where it tends to be a desktop replacement. I take it to different rooms in my house but it doesn't make it out and about very much. So my major advice would be to think very carefully about how you will use the machine and what trade-offs you want to make before you buy. And to get lots of RAM, but I say that about every computer purchase - there's nothing more annoying than waiting for things to load.
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Date: October 24th, 2004 02:29 pm (UTC)From:I've had no problems with my current laptop (a Toshiba) and it performs as advertised, but I have realised over my years of laptop use that I didn't choose very well at the time.
Basically, I went for DVD over portability (I couldn't get both for the price at the time). I've realised since then that I almost never use the DVD player but if I'd got a slimmer lighter model I could have taken my laptop with me much more than I do now, where it tends to be a desktop replacement. I take it to different rooms in my house but it doesn't make it out and about very much. So my major advice would be to think very carefully about how you will use the machine and what trade-offs you want to make before you buy. And to get lots of RAM, but I say that about every computer purchase - there's nothing more annoying than waiting for things to load.