The two laptop brands I have owned are coincidentally Toshiba and Asus.
Both were not gaming computers; the Toshiba ~$500 and the Asus ~$700.
I'm using the Asus right now, my Toshiba's hard drive crashed twice and the screen connector cable causes the screen to stop working occasionally. The Asus has only had a few slowdown bugs that fixed themselves.
Granted, these are not high end or gaming laptops, but I would recommend Asus by far based on my experience.