who makes a good reliable laptop notebook NOT Mac

[MarkS]

I've always been partial to 5-Star notebooks myself.

[joedelt]

who ever it is in SE asia that makes the laptops for dell does an ok job. our biggest issue is the damned hitachi/ibm hard drives they use that fail constantly.
IBM's are renound for their reliablity and expense.

vpr is a bestbuy company, they've since been renamed (again) and are being sold in bright orange boxes

hp/compaq are basically the same now, but i still tend to show preference to compaq

toshiba makes good systems, but i've never been a big fan

so i'd make the decision between ibm and dell if it were me.

[bierluvre]

Toshiba is the top of the line, expensive though.
Sony Vaio is right there with them, expensive though.

I recommend either.

[dkh0331]

Over the past few years I've had Dell's, IBM's, Toshiba's (convertible) no-names and currently use a compaq/hp. Never a problem with any of them except the screen on the Toshiba bit the dust. I am not easy on laptops and travel with them frequently.

David

[sawillia]

Originally posted by Wilafur
i'd say ibm is the best all around followed by dell (had both for work).

i have a toshiba at home and it likes to crash 1-2x a week. fun times. and the kicker is, the toshiba is only 2mo's old. i've reformatted the hd and did a couple clean installs to no avail. grr.

Sounds like a heat or bad memory problem Sir.

I've been in IT for over 8yrs... I deploy Dell Laptops here at work and can vouch for them and the customer service.

Ibm laptops are the top of the line but, a little too much for some home users's pocket books.

Toshiba's I've seen and used 4 models 1 didn't suck. That was the tablet PC Protégé 3500.

Sony Viao... Well the CEO's son wanted these. I have 2 sitting in my desk draw that absolutely BLOW CHUNKS. I wouldn't let my 3yr play pong on them.

HP laptops are your next bet for "I wish I had a Dell" you get what you pay for. Since Compaq has been absorbed they are a little better but still...

IBM or Dell...

If you’re not a road warrior then a large screen is NICE... but if yo plan to travel the 14-15in is the bomb...

What else do you want? I surely will give your real world answers no something from a Marketing proposal.

[zrograviti]

Check out www.sagernotebooks.com.
www.pctorque.com has good price.
Always has the top techknowlege for very reasonable price.
Alienware which is known for top notch gaming computers, used to sell computer that are exactly the same for $800 higher than sager.

Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0/3.2/3.4/3.6GHz (LGA775, 800FSB) w/HT
1024KB On-die L2 Cache

Core Logic
Intel® 915P chipset + ICH6

Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 400/533 (2 or 4 DIMM required for Dual channel mode)

Bios
4MB Flash ROM BIOS

Disk Storage
- Hard Disk Drive
PCI Local Bus Interface
2x Detachable 2.5� 9.5mm SATA150 or ATA100 Hard Disk Drive
- Hardware Raid-0 or Raid-1
- Floppy Disk Drive
Ext. USB 3.5� 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
- Built-in 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MSPro/SD/MMC/CF/MD/SM)

Display
17� WSXGA+ TFT 1680x1050 (Glare-Type)
256MB DDR2 Video Memory
PCI-Express 16x Modular Video Card from ATi or NVIDIA
Dual-View Display Capability
Built-in Mini-PCI TV-Tuner with Multi-Function Remote

This thing is almost as powerful as top notch desktop

And I am a very saticefied customer of sager. I have 5 other friends are using sager, and they are all very saticefied too.

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=49132

[zrograviti]

For your wife,

centrino model
http://pctorque.com/2885.php

or regular P4 model
http://pctorque.com/4380.php

would be pretty good.
If I would probably go with p4 model. So at least 4 years later, it will be able to run window 2008 or whatevery operating system will be at the time.

[theduckster]

well thanks everybody for all the great feedback looks like everybody likes Dell and i have a Dell PC that i love best PC i have ever had
i had a HP that was a PITA always something wrong with it


So dude im getting a Dell
just orderd it yesterday
i got a

Inspiron 5160
3.20GHz P-4 Hyperthreading 533MHz FSB
1GB DDR RAM
60GB HD
CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
64MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 AGP 4x Graphics
Internal Wireless WIFI
12-cell Lithium Ion Battery (96 WHr)
4 Year CompleteCare Accidental Damage waranty

it maybe over kill for her
hope she likes it because i know i do

Thanks everybody