I bought an Acer Aspire Core2Duo laptop a few months ago and this thing has given me nothing but headaches. I used to have a Sager laptop that I'm still using as a backup but that one had a temperature problem. Any recommendations/experience with Dell vs. HP vs. Lenovo? I'm not looking at Toshiba because of reliability problems my dad had with his...looking to buy another laptop soon.

 

it's really hard to talk about reliability problems. Just because some friends around you had some prob with a certain brand doesn't mean that brain is bad. I know quite a few friends who say sony sucks but in fact vaio laptops sell crazy here.
I own an acer aspire core 2 duo and have never had any problems with it.

It really might be the fact that u just happen to get a bad one or the way u treat ur laptop.

just go for dell i would say. I haven't heard much complain regarding dell laptops lol. Never liked thinkpad, so no lenovo.

 

If you want stability you want OS X period. Apple has some of the highest customer satisfaction rates for a few reasons, including great design, high quality parts, and in-person sales, tutoring and sales advice.

You can run Windows on a Mac as well, but if you're dead set on not buying a Mac, I'd get a Lenovo ThinkPad - they are like tanks and the modular design makes swapping parts cake.

It might also help if you described exactly what your issues were. Were you running Vista on the new computer? etc etc...

 

ah yes of course, thanks for the advice.

i'm running XP MC, SP2 with all the latest updates. for no reasons whatsoever, on a regular basis this Acer would pop up with 6 or more windows of Dr. Watson & error stating "This application is being closed for blah blah blah reason: Run DLL as an Application" or something to that effect. i've tried just about everything from running cleaners to reformatting. i don't even have a third of the programs that i used to run on the sager and it takes over 10 minutes to start up. with the daily crash that requires a hard reset, i'm just at a point where i want to throw this POS out the window.

a Mac is not a bad idea but unfortunately i would run windows probably over 90% of the time...

i'll check out the lenovos

 

definitely get a lenovo. t61 all day. make sure you get the 7200 rpm hd upgrade. they are cheaper than apples and are built solid. dont even try to compare a dell to a thinkpad.

 

Run DLL as an Application - thats a software problem that Dr. Watson is catching... it could happen on any Windows system regardless the hardware manufacturer.

This may help - go look at the log file for a clue as to what is causing the errors.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308538

 

I have a Lenovo T60 for work. It's pretty quick and have not had any stability issues. At my previous job, I've used a Dell Inspiron 600m, and that was not nearly as stable as the Lenovo.

 

I have a Thinkpad T42 and a Dell 600M.

I would go for the Thinkpad. Easy choice.

 

I support Lenovo. Best PC I have had PERIOD--even better than all my desktops. I have never had one major issue with it. I will be a lenovo owner for life.

 

i have a 15" macbook pro, no real down side yet other than the cost. things you dont think about but
-the wifi gets better range, it seems to handle login better
-it runs very silent and cool, seems to handle the battery charging better
-dependable; you can close the cover and it will shut down as expected, open & start typing
-parallels runs xp or vista seamless, if have a 50/50 mix of mac and windows apps
-bad, not very microsoft network aware but functional
-bad the kb and pad is a food fight
-bad the apple store has its down moments



i think the dell would work too, the refurbished store and their liberal return policy is good, someone at work got a dell 630, looks functional, new chip set. all this for those who insist to stay the course and continue to use xp.