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Originally Posted by Giannis  Osna: I will look at the Apple laptop, but i think i'm sold at sony. Note that Apple computers are not very popular here, so i guess it won't be in stock or it will be much more expensive. Luw: This laptop you posted is scary, talking about the specs. It must be kick-ass. But the design is not my cup of tea. It doesn't appeal to me. Yet this thing with the screen, the way it opens is very interesting. It must be very helpfull!
PS. The model's name is Veyron? No thanks 
And i think that i will have to sell the whole car to buy this laptop |
Guessing you've worked out what Santa Rosa platform is already
. Put simply, Santa Rosa is the new Intel Centrino mobile platform, i.e. motherboard/wireless card etc. I know alot of people have been recommending Sony/HP etc. Personally I go against everyone and say Dell is the best. I know alot of people knock Dell, but for me they represent best value per performance, particularly the XPS range. I've personally owned about 15 notebooks of all brands and I've worked with lots and lots of notebooks of different brands since I work as an IT administrator at a software firm. Basically the only major notebook brand I've never owned or thoroughly tested is the Macbook.
If anyone cares to note here are my opinions of the brands:
Sony: Very good looking, generally reliable but average performance, but so overpriced for what they are.
IBM/Lenovo: Probably the most reliable, trusty, business notebook out there. Good keyboard with good performance. If I needed a trusty notebook it would be a IBM. But overpriced for what it is. Lenovo-branded notebooks are pretty good and well priced though.
Toshiba: Most of their notebooks seem to be really flimsy. They look good, with average performance. Overpriced for what they are again.
HP/Compaq: Personally I never liked HP notebooks, even though I've owned 3 of them. They don't offer anything amazing IMO, and on average they are more expensive than the equivalent Dell. For example, Dell has had the M2010 out for a while well before HP released their 20 incher. Plus most of my work HP notebooks have had issues (about 10 HP notebooks at work).
Dell: Best performance for price in my opinion. Not the most sturdy of the bunch, not the most reliable, not the fastest, not the cheapest. But the best combination of all the above, compared to the other makers. Service can be crap, but good thing is that if you know what your talking about you can trick the service again. Case in point, I spilt water all over my keyboard accidently. Obviously this isn't covered by warranty, but I tricked the service agent into believing the keyboard stopped responding. They replaced the keyboard no charge. I've over 7 Dell notebooks. My work is using Dell notebooks.
Acer: Shit.
Asus: Pretty good performance-wise, price-wise, reliability-wise. They offer a really good combination of these features. I just feel Dell offer a better combination. In particular Dell are far cheaper in New Zealand than Asus. Asus would be my next choice after Dell.
Panasonic: Bloody tough notebooks. Pretty average to low performance. But man can they take a beating.
Sharp and Samsung: Actually these notebooks are rather impressive. Too bad they are not widely sold.
Packard Bell: Haha. On paper they look good. Paper lies. Its like a car that has the same specifications as an M5, but drives like a Holden Vectra.
Fujitsu: I like Fujitsu laptops. They are quite trusty. Too bad they are expensive. They are like Sony's, just more expensive in NZ.
Well hope that helped you out. If you want a 17 incher/20 inch, I would look into getting an Dell XPS M1710 or M2010. In my country they would be the cheapest per performance.