<p>Toshiba tends to be a solid company. I've had a satellite for 2 years, and the only problems I've had with it were of my own doing. The customer service quickly solved my problems,and as long as there aren't too many junk programs on it, the Toshiba will last for a while. I just recently purchased a new macbook, and I noticed its hard drive is made by Toshiba!</p>
<p>Apple
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<ol>
<li>Apple</li>
<li>Dell</li>
<li>Toshiba, HP, Asus, IBM</li>
<li>Everything else</li>
</ol>
<p>I don't really like Dell, but you can get a really nice machine for about a grand because of all the ridiculous rebates and stuff. As far as quality goes though, its a very standard machine. IBM has better quality but the only reason I like dell more is again, because of the price.</p>
<p>I'm most likely going to get a macbook pro. A similar windows machine is going to cost around the same, give or take a couple hundred. And I am willing to pay a couple hundred more if I'm going to get a better OS and an overall better built machine.</p>
<p>I was looking at the Apple website and I don't get what the difference is between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro.</p>
<p>I like what Elope said in his last post. </p>
<p>There's Lenovo laptops (lenovo brand) and there's the Lenovo (once IBM series).</p>
<p>The once IBM lineup is amazing, I can't say the same for the Lenovo lineup.</p>
<p>UVMLauren</p>
<p>are you unaware that Asustek makes all Ipods. Because you must. Id take a look into your info. Asus makes all Ipods.</p>
<p>You say that just because asus makes motherboards and that that only make the casing(?) for the macbooks that hey are not good.</p>
<p>again you are misinformed. All apple motherboards are 100% made by asus, also the majority of apple products are made by asus and a very small percent is made by Quanta.</p>
<p>asus sells a 100% complete product to apple, all apple does is sell and pay asus to make what they need, then they are shipped and sold. Asus does all the work. Did you know that?</p>
<p>so saying Apple makes a High quality product and Asus does not is insane, because they are made by the same company.</p>
<p>I personnaly find OsX abd apple to be crap. I havent used windows in years and have no need to go to a bloated OS which is user friendly for idiots. </p>
<p>Command line 4 life.</p>
<p>From what I have seen most professors and grad students in comp sci have an IBM or Apple.</p>
<p>Er...the iPod nano and video are manufactured by Foxconn in Taiwan.</p>
<p>The older iPods were made by an asian corporation called Inventec.</p>
<p>PortalPlayer manufactures the chips. The logic boards are built at foxconn factories.</p>
<p>The only iPod made by asustek is the shuffle. The other iPods are not, I repeat, NOT a product of Asus.</p>
<p>And until asus has a reputation as a manufacturer of laptops and not OEM parts, I won't be considering one. When they are building off apple's design and process specifications, that is entirely different from designing their own. After working in manufacturing, I've gotten to see how this works firsthand. Making things for other companies never means you can make the same thing on your own.</p>
<p>And I am 100% sure my information on manufacturers is correct, seeing as I got it from someone who was on the design team for the iPod for five years.</p>
<p>asus do have a reputation for making laptops. Their ensemble lines are pretty good quality, and their built on lines are highly configurable at a good price as well. They are just not that well known YET, but their laptops are definitely not bad. </p>
<p>Basically, Asus is an ODM (original design manufacturer). and OEMs (dell, toshiba, HP etc. these type of companies) buy them then install teh hard drive, processor and system memory. then put their label on and markets it. They aren't just some manufacturer that receives orders and builds the laptops accordingly. </p>
<p>Got that above information from some laptop sites.</p>
<p>I bet, your a Joke.,</p>
<p>first of all...Ignore what UB Vinny had to say its completely false.</p>
<p>here's my list:
APPLE: Good out of the box machines, sweet OS, and the thinnest and lightest for their size. Apple's have the best customer support and make good computers out of the box. Considering most of the computer labs on campus at my school (SDSU) have only apple's in them was a sweet deal for me since i like OS X.</p>
<p>Top PC:
IBM/Lenovo: mainly for business people but well-built overall. Long lasting but not built for looks.</p>
<p>HP: Strong american company that makes some of the more appealing pc laptops. </p>
<p>Compaq: owned by HP but still a step below in quality, but good bargain pc's.</p>
<p>Sony:You pay a lil extra for the name but there overall thinner laptops then other companies.</p>
<p>Dell's are good if you get a business dell, other then that forget about it. After about a year my Dell died for good, so Im never getting one again. Let me say the tech support was aweful and they actually change the names of their oversea's phone support employee's to give them American sounding names.</p>
<p>In the computer market you get what you pay for so keep that in mind when you find some sweet $400 laptop. but stay within your budget. Cheers.</p>
<p>I totally agreed with ritide88, Dell is cheap to buy and works pretty nicely in the beginning. But all sorts of problems will start to occur after the warrant expired. So get dell if you plan to replace your laptop every 2 years or so, otherwise get more reliable brands like apple, HP or Lenovo.</p>
<p>wow- I guess all of us who bought those cool dell Inspiron 1505 machines will find out if all this "Dell deconstructs after one year" stuff is true. We did get a three year warranty though. I've had four dell desktops and never had a problem - but maybe things have changed. I don't mind if the support is from India as long as it's competent. My last experience was very good. It's hard to tell how much of this is andectodal and how much is a true pattern. Are there any reports of objective tests on these machines?</p>
<p>I think some of it may be objective. My guess is that most people don't know what they're doing on their computer so when they do call they have trouble understanding the people from India. Personally I've never had a problem calling them. And usually when I call it's just to let them know what the problem is because I know it can't be fixed and the part needs to be replaced. Within 2-3 days a tech is in my house replacing the part. Never called them for software related problems.</p>
<p>There seems to be a lot of people who have purchased the E 1505. See the following link from notebookreview: <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2827%5B/url%5D">http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2827</a></p>
<p>Remember, this is a review of a 2GHz duo core laptop and the test scores reflect that... One thing that I noted reading through the review was the fact that the laptop stayed relatively cool even with the 2GHz Intel processor. This same processor (and even slower versions) seems to cause a lot of heat related issues in the Mac lines.</p>
<p>As for durability, I'm not aware of any long term testing that anyone does in print or on the net. You usually don't hear about problems until stuff starts blowing up...</p>
<ol>
<li>Lenovo (build quality)</li>
<li>Dell (features)</li>
<li>Toshiba</li>
<li>Sony</li>
<li>Apple</li>
</ol>
<p>How about AlienWare desktop PCs? They seem nice. Our Compaq Presario is getting old, and we're searchin around. What do you think about AlienWare? How about eMachines?</p>
<p>Compaq/hp sux imo.</p>
<p>Dell/IBM/sony/toshiba are good ones :D</p>
<p>apple sucks.</p>
<p>eMachines are pretty crappy, whereas alienware is top of the line and will cost you about $2k for a desktop.</p>