looking for new laptop

blacknife · #1 09-18-2009, 01:16 PM

I have had the least problems with the 2 toshibas i have had.

i had a higher end acer i bought a few years ago, nothinb but problems

I don't mind their displays but i will not buy another one.

Macbook pro now.. its solid slim and working and for me was easy to transition to.

pelle31 · #2 09-18-2009, 01:23 PM

Isn't it pretty much hit or miss? I had a Toshiba it was a piece of crap. I had 2 Dell's 1 was good the other nothin but problems. I bought my wife an HP(good price) and its been running fine.

blacknife · #3 09-18-2009, 01:44 PM

half of my problems with the acer was the power connector. kept wobbling loose from the board.. they fixed it under warantee but after it was off i could not fix it myself and never really wanted to send it in to have them replace the whole board on my dime.

that is the main reason i started looking at macs.. for the magnetic power connector so that i can't wreck it like I did that one.

Oceanic · #4 09-18-2009, 05:21 PM

Go with a Mac, I will never again buy a piece of sh#t PC, once you go Mac you will never go back.

noirsphynx · #5 09-18-2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oceanic

Go with a Mac, I will never again buy a piece of sh#t PC, once you go Mac you will never go back.

Agreed!

whatcaneyedo · #6 09-19-2009, 12:53 AM

Good thread. My PC is pushing 8 (human) years old now. In PC years I think its more like 80. I'm tired of all the problems I've had running XP on it so I've really been thinking about a macbook or macbook pro. But if I do go with laptop with a windows OS I'm leaning towards the Toshibas.

fishguyxd · #7 09-19-2009, 02:33 AM

thank you for all the info
I will look into a few models

Snaz · #8 09-19-2009, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Good thread. My PC is pushing 8 (human) years old now. In PC years I think its more like 80. I'm tired of all the problems I've had running XP on it so I've really been thinking about a macbook or macbook pro. But if I do go with laptop with a windows OS I'm leaning towards the Toshibas.

If you can afford the MAC then yes you will love it. If you go Windows take note any new machine will have the FREE upgrade option to Windows 7 that will be released later this year and Windows 7 is very good OS. Skipping Vista was a very smart thing to do.
Keith.

Glennrf38 · #9 09-19-2009, 10:06 PM

Blacknife.... I had the same problem with my kids acers (2) and finally too the cover off and epoxied the power connector into its little plastic clip holder. They haven't had a problem since.

My personal favorites are the Toshibas and the Acers. Acer is a good basic machine that you can get at Wally world for about $600