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Originally Posted by Kappamd
I respectfully disagree. My brother and I both have HP laptops and neither of us have had any issues whatsoever. Mine is going on 3 years and still operates flawlessly. I honestly wouldn't think of buying anything OTHER than an HP (maybe a Toshiba, as fiance loves his).
Ditto what everybody else said about batteries, power cords, etc.
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I would have agreed with you years ago. My first laptop (2001) was an HP and it traveled the world with me. I used it until I bought another HP in 2005 (just wanted an upgrade). Used that until I decided to splurge on a slimmer, faster model in 2008, and that's the one that died with just over a year's use. My first two HPs were dream machines. My third (and my husband's first HP) were terrors, and customer service was terrible. Like I said, they've been producing them too quickly for the past 2 years or so and the tech boards are littered with people complaining of motherboard issues that HP refuses to fix. If you want to pay $400 when the computer overheats and the motherboard fries, then go for it. Otherwise, I'd completely avoid an HP. Personally I went for a Macbook Pro, but that sounds like it's probably more than you want to spend (and probably more powerful than you're looking at).
I'm not an expert on Toshibas or Dells, but I'm sure someone here has info for you. Good luck
