Laptops

[Fifty]

A rather random, rather simple question:

What is (generally speaking) the best "brand" of laptop? By brand I mean Dell, Gateway, etc.

The reason I ask is because before long I'll be going to college and I'll need one, actually it won't be for about 10 months but I'm curious NOW!

 

[Mikoyan]

Acer makes good, affordable laptops.

 

[Ankka]

Apple makes great laptops at a very affordable price.

EDIT: To add, I bought an iBook G4 just recently and this is awesome. I can fully recommend this or a Powerbook G4.

 

[fret]

Depends on budget IMO.

From a work use perspective, the best laptop I ever had was a HP Omnibook back in ~2000, I cant remember the spec but it was relatively high-spec for the time and was probably a $2000 model in todays terms. It was comfortable to use for 8 hours a day, very sturdily built, excellent range of accesories, good battery, oh happy days. Having said that though, they have gone downhill a bit recently.

I would...

Under $1K - get an Acer or a Dell.

Over $1K - Id go for a business class laptop from a top tier vendor such as IBM or Sony.

Other than that, Apple is a good all round option.

 

[Civrules]

I'm using (although it is not mine) a Toshiba Satellite. I like it. Never had any problems so far.

 

[GeZe]

Apple. 17" PowerBook with Panther.

[Drooling]

 

[pman67]

a lot of the name brand laptops are all put together by the same company for them, so go with the best price point/feature set you can find

 

[Detlef Richter]

I only buy 'Maxdata' at work. But i think you can't buy it outside Germany.