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So, I'm just curious, who is your "go to" laptop company when you or someone you know needs a laptop (not for gaming purposes)?

 

I personally either recommend a Mac or a Lenovo as I consider Dell, HP, and Toshiba to be utter crap; and Acer and Asus, I just don't know much about/have no experience with. 

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Since I only have experience with Macbooks, and cannot recommend them, I'll check ASUS cause I haven't had trouble with their other hardware yet. 

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I don't have that much experience with laptops, but Lenovo has been pretty great for me. You can get them dirt cheap without an OS and without any bloatware on them and then simply install your favourite Linux distro or a fresh installation of windows on them. They also seem to have sensible hardware configurations and decent build quality. The keyboard was also pretty good for a laptop, if I remember correctly.

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No MSI on the pole.

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No MSI, Alienware, Sager or Clevo?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

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ASUS and Lenovo for Windows, and Apple for... Well... Macs. Literally the only three I care about.

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No MSI, Alienware, Sager or Clevo?

Didn't really see the point in adding manufacturers which focus on gaming since, well...I wouldn't recommend any of them to a friend who has no intention of gaming -- but rather just wants something thats not trash. Anyway, added them. 

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Gigabyte/Aorus should be up there mate. Their laptops are nice.

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Gigabyte/Aorus should be up there mate. Their laptops are nice.

^ Can't believe you forgot that OP.

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^ Can't believe you forgot that OP.

Be happy I included Asus; there site is designed so god damn poorly its actually painful to use. The laptop section anyway....they give you like 5 filtering options, which don't really help all that much, and they offer like 600 different options....and to make things worse, they don't include, mention, or even allow filtering by price. 

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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Be happy I included Asus; there site is designed so god damn poorly its actually painful to use. The laptop section anyway....they give you like 5 filtering options, which don't really help all that much, and they offer like 600 different options....and to make things worse, they don't include, mention, or even allow filtering by price. 

Doesn't matter. Hop on Newegg and you can find an Aorus laptop instantly. Just because their website is buggy doesn't mean they don't sell laptops.

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Doesn't matter. Hop on Newegg and you can find an Aorus laptop instantly. Just because their website is buggy doesn't mean they don't sell laptops.

yeah...well, these companies need to get their shit together and build a real site. 

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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yeah...well, these companies need to get their shit together and build a real site. 

My point still remains. They are still a brand of laptops, and they should be on the list.

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Clevo = Sager = Digital Storm. They're all the same laptops, they just sell them under slightly different branding. You might want to just stick them all together under the same option in the poll.

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Fujitsu.

Lifebooks have fantastic features and battery life.

I love Thinkpads, but they've been getting worse and worse after Lenovo acquired the brand with the Sandy Bridge powered generation being the last good one and Lattitudes are cool too, but Dell is American and was implicated in that hardware implant mess.

Out of those listed in the poll, I would have to go with Toshiba.

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