Bill and John, First, as somebody already wrote in this thread, one should distinguish between the "enterprise" and "consumer" levels of the laptops. There is usually a clear difference in the quality as well as the build quality, and is typically reflected in the price.
As for the brands, I have very good opinion about Fujitsu. I've had their Lifebook "P"-series laptops for the last 10 years, and those traveled around the world, and I am happy with them. For the last 3.5 years, my wife has been using Toshiba Portege-s. They are good in the overall quality, and would seriously considerit as my next one, even though the the first of the Portege developed a contact problem inside the hinge. But it might be because our toddler daughter has managed to get to that laptop... I don't remember for sure. Toshiba Sattelite is the "consumer" line. We bought one for my in-laws. They are not as good as the Portege (and considerably havier), but seem to be OK for simple tasks (web-surfing, e-mail, Skype). A good collection of "solid" laptop models is presented here: http://www.portableone.com/ I bought my first Fujitsu laptop through them, but then they stopped being distributors for Fujitsu. They are also good at customizing your laptop configuration beyond what is offered by the manufacturer. HTH, Igor Thu Feb 13 18:20:12 EST 2014 Bill wrote: On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote: > They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They > weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was > ROCK SOLID. > > Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? > That was my next question. I only have two criteria that must be met. It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
