New laptop time...

[highlandsflyer]

I bought an Acer laptop back in 2008 to take round the world, thinking if it gets robbed no worries. Still using it four years later. It had an infestation of tiny ants but nothing else has troubled it, despite being bashed about with no cover in my backpack. The battery is the original, still doing two hours on a full charge and the only issue was once the heatsink came loose, and a few keys have come off now and then, blame my ham fisted typing style.

My experience is that a mid range, mid price laptop can be a decent bet long term. Things have moved on since ten years ago, when you had to shell out serious wedge to get performance + reliability.

 

[rosstheboss]

Just browsing the net and found this badboy - looks good for the money...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-n ... 0-pdt.html

Does anyone have any experience of Samsung laptops? They don't seem to come up on the radar very much...

 

[Neil]

Just browsing the net and found this badboy - looks good for the money...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-n ... 0-pdt.html

Does anyone have any experience of Samsung laptops? They don't seem to come up on the radar very much...

There's this too.

Same CPU, although less RAM and HD size (and screen size) - but on the plus size, a fair bit cheaper?

 

[makster]

Another vote for IBM from me. Built for business, not for fashion.
I have to use Fujitsu for work, and they're shocking (although that may be down to the amount of security software Siemens makes me use!).
I've bought from this chap before, and always been happy..... http://www.tier1online.com/Product/5356-6474AH5

 

[yagamuffin]

I used to swear by Toshiba but haven't used one for a few years. Now I would say either Lenovo ThinkPad or Dell.
Lenovo have the build quality at a premium price, Dell have the value for money.

 

[mountainbikerjohnnyb]

im running a lenovo ideapad G550 and love it paid £187.99 brand new from amazon when they where having a sell