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dell, HP/compaq, sony :down:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,11...4/article.html
edit: and you don't want your sony battery to explode on you
ibm is by far the best. toshiba, fujitsu and acer are pretty good. but fujitsu is usually a little higher end, meant more for corporate use. acer doesn't have a good selection in the US. they make the Ferrari notebooks in Europe
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,11...4/article.html
edit: and you don't want your sony battery to explode on you
ibm is by far the best. toshiba, fujitsu and acer are pretty good. but fujitsu is usually a little higher end, meant more for corporate use. acer doesn't have a good selection in the US. they make the Ferrari notebooks in Europe
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the battery reference has nothing to do with laptop selection,
plus i can point out about 15 people in my company who have ibm laptops with the faulty batteries. not to mention if yours is faulty it will be replaced free of charge.
other than that your right, hp/compaq sux balls
plus i can point out about 15 people in my company who have ibm laptops with the faulty batteries. not to mention if yours is faulty it will be replaced free of charge.
other than that your right, hp/compaq sux balls
i also forgot to mention... notebooks with AMD processors are usually going to have poorer battery performance than their intel equivalents, because they're more power hungry.
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IBM FTW even after the Lenovo purchase they are solid machines.
Do not buy Toshiba or Sony. My Toshiba had shit for battery and blew the fan and chipset in a year of use. I have seen Sonys fall apart in 6 months or less even.
Do not buy Toshiba or Sony. My Toshiba had shit for battery and blew the fan and chipset in a year of use. I have seen Sonys fall apart in 6 months or less even.
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Yea that's the thing. Best Buy doesnt sell them. IF they did id have him be all over IBM's. I'd tell him to use my IBM discount, but we're stuck with hp,sony,gateway, and toshibas
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BB also sells the Alienware laptops which I have heard good response on, basically an upcharged Acer if I remember right with a better vid setup.
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I never thought about that i'll see. But i think he wants a replacement A.S.A.P I dont wanna get another HP laptop cus we all know they suck. How long ago did you have that Toshiba John?
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It's been about a year or two, not real sure right now. All I know is my IBM is on 24/7 and is used pretty hard and I have yet to have any issues with it at all.
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http://pcworld.com/article/id,123409...9/article.html
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/...iod-210708.php
apparently, e-machines makes pretty good notebooks.