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| Thread ID: 93431 | 2008-09-16 06:33:00 | What Laptop brands are good buys? | Clod (7853) | Press F1 |
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| 705710 | 2008-09-18 04:11:00 | Hmm, I've owned two Mac laptops and both failed (within warranty). Interesting definition of "nothing ever". Yar, the "Nothing ever goes wrong with macs" mentality is very wrong, I've seen plenty of problems with macs. Considering the numbers of Windows PCs to Mac PCs - lats say 100 to 1, the failure rate would be about even. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 705711 | 2008-09-18 20:59:00 | It would make sense that they're about even, since they're made by the same companies (such as Asus and Foxconn). Some people think that Apple manufactures them themselves! | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 705712 | 2008-09-18 21:28:00 | I have a Toshiba Sat S2410 I bought back from London in May 02, the only thing I have had to fix was buying a new power brick after the 1st failed a yr ago...... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 705713 | 2008-09-18 22:06:00 | I had a Toshiba lappie for several years without any problems except for pain in the back and shoulders from carrying the darned thing, running for plane connections. I decided to downsize because of all the travelling I was doing and bought a Fujitsu Lifebook P5010 with a 10.6in screen. I have had that for 3-4 years - faultless, and it still gets oohs and aahs from people seeing it for the first time. The usual refrain is "Where can I get one of those?". I gave the old Toshiba to my big sister, and she has been using it since as an email machine. So that thing is probably 6 or 7 years old now, and still going strong. |
John H (8) | ||
| 705714 | 2008-09-18 23:45:00 | Another plug for Toshiba - just had a customer bring in a near new dual core, spilled a whole cup of coffee on it. After drying it out, and cleaning the whole lot up, it goes fine apart from the keys being a little sticky. :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 705715 | 2008-09-20 09:57:00 | The last 2 asus laptops I have owned have been great not sure what they offer around the $1k at the moment though...(was the Z99 but i think that is gone now?) Prior to that I had 2 dells and both had faults at some point and having to deal with some call centre in asia and them sending me parts to install and it usually taking at least a few days each time put me off them a bit.. I have often found that the local yum-char computer shop is pretty good and will work on things there and then if you have a problem PS I lol'ed at wratterus signature! Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got Dancing Paperclips (www.youtube.com)." |
markjonesnz (12880) | ||
| 705716 | 2008-09-21 11:09:00 | will I get shot for suggesting a mac? Nothing ever goes wrong with a mac, they are like an appliance that just works. Funny, really. When I get asked why computers break or do silly stuff... I say, "because they are not toasters..." and I work at a Mac school. "Nothing ever goes wrong with a Mac..." may be correct in your experience, but not in mine. G3 iBook - had a failure rate that was through the roof. eMac Desktops - Venting (leaking) capacitors, I've sent in over 20 for logic (mother)-board replacement. I've seen more Mac Kernel Panics than I have seen blue screens of death. Until Macs just burn bread, they also... will also have flaws. |
myke (7862) | ||
| 705717 | 2008-09-21 11:11:00 | Another plug for Toshiba - just had a customer bring in a near new dual core, spilled a whole cup of coffee on it. After drying it out, and cleaning the whole lot up, it goes fine apart from the keys being a little sticky. :) Yes, but did the caffeine make the computer go faster? |
myke (7862) | ||
| 705718 | 2008-10-01 08:11:00 | Thanks for all the input, folks. Went for a Dell in the end, more bang for your buck made the difference. Daugnters happy as.:) | Clod (7853) | ||
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