[mseepman]

I'm a Manager for large IT company and my we re-sell a variety of computer hardware as well as make our own...here are some of my suggestions.

If you are going business class...Dell and Lenovo are quite good. Dell's support can leave you on hold for quite a while but now that they are re-selling through big box stores, you can get more local support.

If you are looking for a home office model...Asus makes a good laptop as does LG. Toshiba is okay if you move a little more upscale but their support can be as ugly as it gets.

Acer does an all around good job if you don't go too cheap. Their wireless setups are actually very good because they wrap their displays in order to extend their antenna's

Panasonic also makes a very good laptop (not just the toughbook) but they are pricy.

Lastly, I'm not a fan of anything MAC...I've had to support them in the past and it was a complete nightmare (worse than supporting VISTA plus unreasonably expensive).