When it comes to mainstream laptops what brand do you trust most?

[Nexxus]

I recently bought a new laptop and this was a dilemma I was having during the selection process. When it comes to things like dependability, ironing out bugs, and customer service what brand do you trust the most when it comes to your typical consumer grade notebook? ($400-$1000 range)

[ShadowCaptain]

There are way more brands than that

 

Apple

Asus

MSI

Lenovo

Dell

Alienware

Samsung

Toshiba

Acer

Panasonic

 

etc etc

 

It depends on the budget and requirements, all have good machines and bad machines

HP

[DigitalHermit]

Lenovo, Dell and ASUS are my picks...

 

Toshiba and MSI are also there...

[ERSCreeper]

Dell all day long

[Rav]

MSI for gaming. Samsung for daily use. Panasonic for workstation stuff. Apple for Programming? (No Joking) Acer for browsing? 

[Laputacake]

Dell and Fujitsu

[lani100]

Lenovo, Asus and HP business models not their consumer crap!

[H4X3R]

Lenovo Thinkpad is best for work and business

Asus, MSI and Gigabyte (Aorus) are best for gaming.

[DeViLzzz]

I have never bought a laptop or done much research into who has the best quality and so I can't give you an opinion.  #posttoraisepostcount 

[Nexxus]

There are way more brands than that

 

Apple

Asus

MSI

Lenovo

Dell

Alienware

Samsung

Toshiba

Acer

Panasonic

 

etc etc

 

It depends on the budget and requirements, all have good machines and bad machines

HP

Most of us here dont deal with apple, apple is a very closed off experience and unlike anything else on the market and if you want an apple machine well...You get an apple machine, you dont have options.

What I listed were the most common when it comes to mainstream systems (aka not 2 grand gaming machines) Harly conclusive but I went to new egg and looked for most units sold by a particuler brand, I feel I did a good job covering those that one is most likely to get...I for one have ever even seen an MSI laptop in person, or an alienware and I would hardly call them mainstream machines, 

[Tycho]

I've had my dell laptop for 3 years now in which it has been used like 10h each day. So since there haven't been any issues my vote goes to dell

[ShadowCaptain]

Most of us here dont deal with apple, apple is a very closed off experience and unlike anything else on the market and if you want an apple machine well...You get an apple machine, you dont have options.

What I listed were the most common when it comes to mainstream systems (aka not 2 grand gaming machines) Harly conclusive but I went to new egg and looked for most units sold by a particuler brand, I feel I did a good job covering those that one is most likely to get...I for one have ever even seen an MSI laptop in person, or an alienware and I would hardly call them mainstream machines, 

 

Actually there are tons of Apple users on this forum (including me and one other person in the first page of this thread alone)

Why not Toshiba, Samsung etc, Acer, Fujitsu, - definitely would qualify

 

I am just being realistic and trying to help, if you really want to find out which brand people recommend you should include them all, thats all I was saying

[Nexxus]

Actually there are tons of Apple users on this forum (including me and one other person in the first page of this thread alone)

Why not Toshiba, Samsung etc, Acer, Fujitsu, - definitely would qualify

 

I am just being realistic and trying to help, if you really want to find out which brand people recommend you should include them all, thats all I was saying

I took the linus fanbase as more of an windows linux community, my mistake but even then the reason if you want apple you get apple is reason enough for me to exclude it imo

Acer is there, its what I voted for lol but I dont have a ton of experience with laptops 2 acers and 1 hp, they others they simply didnt have the numbers of the other brands. I get where you are coming from but when talking windows based machines I felt the ones I put in the ave person/person looking to use it for web browsing skype that kinda thing is most likely to grab.

[ShadowCaptain]

I took the linus fanbase as more of an windows linux community, my mistake but even then the reason if you want apple you get apple is reason enough for me to exclude it imo

Acer is there, its what I voted for lol but I dont have a ton of experience with laptops 2 acers and 1 hp, they others they simply didnt have the numbers of the other brands. I get where you are coming from but when talking windows based machines I felt the ones I put in the ave person/person looking to use it for web browsing skype that kinda thing is most likely to grab.

 

no, its a tech community not just a windows/linux thing, we even have console and tablet users here, smart phone and audio enthusiasts etc 

oh yes I see it there sorry

yeah i get what you are saying, I was just weighing with my experience (8 years in computer retail for a main chain store)

[Nexxus]

no, its a tech community not just a windows/linux thing, we even have console and tablet users here, smart phone and audio enthusiasts etc 

oh yes I see it there sorry

yeah i get what you are saying, I was just weighing with my experience (8 years in computer retail for a main chain store)

I got you...id add them but being a fair number of people voted already...kinda pointless to change at this point.

[ShadowCaptain]

I got you...id add them but being a fair number of people voted already...kinda pointless to change at this point.

 

its cool

[Sauron]

Asus and lenovo

[Nexxus]

I am shocked by the amount of Lenovo votes...I had one very briefly and I can honestly say it was the worst computer I have ever used.

[Mew]

Only Apple. The Dell I have is garbage. It was a good deal for the specs, but if I got it at the retail price (around $1k), I would had picked a MBA. Every other PC manufacturer has at least one bad thing about their products, usually trackpad, build quality, battery life, etc.

[Techteen14]

I'd never buy a laptop, but I'd I had to it'd be a Yoga. They look interesting.

I'd buy a Surface before a laptop, though. That way I could have a laptop, tablet and desktop in one package. Granted, it's not outstanding in any of those three forms, but it would do.