We bought an Acer laptop in Feb. and it has been nothing but wonderful. It's taken a lot of banging around (Forrest has even knocked it off of the table a time or two) and we've never had a single problem, other than some of my old programs won't work with vista.
I've only owned one Dell at work, and it's been a PITA from day one. It's barely a year old and has already been reformatted... and still has issues.
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“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.”
― Charles M. Schultz
Warning: The above post may be dripping in sarcasm and full of smartassedness.