Need your help with Laptop suggestions. Which brand leads the market in Laptops these days as far as performance/reliability and prestige. Which brands should I avoid?

So far I'm considering:

Hewlett Packard
Sony
Dell

Which of these would you go with first?

Looking to spend between $900-$1200.

Thanks for your inputs.

Tim

 

Tim buddy...this website will be your best friend:

http://www.goodbazaar.com/free_onlin...asp?store=DELL

I've bought three Dells using coupons from that website.

 

well i am a bit of a sony whore, although they have let me down in the past and are overpriced. however, they do have a model in your price range that looks very capable, here:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1134697746584

here is another i would consider, has a nifty little camera on it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...mprd54300050005

not a bad laptop, but certainly good for the price.

 

My sister is looking for a new laptop as well And when I asked my Friend the Super computer nerd he said to look at the Toshiba Satellite good computer for the $$$ and he said that it is easy to get fixed if you ever do have a prob. He said that Toshiba use's unaversil parts in there laptops not one off stuff like Gateway, and sony.

ok there is my $0.02

 

DELL my man...
got a few dells.. its really cheap now.. w/ coupons and discounts..
i got EPP if you need it..

fatwallet.com spoofee.com slickdeals.net

check those site...dell has discount every now and then on Dual core laps

got one for bout 6xx shipped... a friend got one too for same price shipped next day because he complained dell owns

 

i have a sony. model PCG-4D1L. it's good if you like the small screen.

 

My Sony has yet to fail me, but maybe that's b-cuz I don't download errrrrthang from the internet!!

 

Same hear my Sony works good. As Phil he has had it for the last 3/4 weeks

 

Thanks for the info guys/gals..... Because of the peripheral requirements I went with Dell which offered more ports.

This is the setup I purchased.

Inspiron E1705 w/Intel Core Duo Processor
Windows XP media center w/remote
17 inch wide screen XGA + Display
1 GB dual channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ
100 GB hard drive
8X cd/dvd burner, dvd+/-RW double layer DVD+R writing capability
Intel PRO/wireless network
Dell wireless 350 bluetooth
Cordless bluetooth mouse

Thanks for the coupon links

 

Nice choice. I recently bought the E1505.