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<blockquote data-quote="Jmac" data-source="post: 5394754" data-attributes="member: 545486">Avoid Acer and Toshiba like the plague.Dell and HP make pretty decent units.&nbsp; They&#039;re not bulletproof by any means, but for sub-$1000 units, they have the lowest failure rates.Gateway is also pretty good, though they tend to use older parts, so battery life, heat output, and thickness aren&#039;t so good.&nbsp; If it&#039;s stationary, it shouldn&#039;t matter.My personal preference is towards the higher-end Sony VAIOs, but the sub-$1000 Sonys aren&#039;t so great.Apple makes good laptops, though I fvcking hate OS X and they&#039;re grossly overpriced, but if you like OS X, it&#039;s your only choice.As for the specific laptops listed, the Acer Cinema laptops look fantastic.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they&#039;re chalk full of bloatware (80+ processes @ startup //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sick.gif.b1847c8dabbfeeddbcf1a78052249e10.gif ) and the media controls get stuck OFTEN.&nbsp; On top of that, Acer&#039;s reliability is mediocre.I work at 2 computer stores that sell Toshiba laptops, both of them send an obscene number back due to failures that pop-up very quickly.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it&#039;s not just limited to quick failures (Toshiba only takes units back within 30 days) as a lot of issues pop up months down the road.&nbsp; Battery issues are very common on the Toshiba units as are motherboard issues.&nbsp; I used to view them as a viable option, but their return rates continue to increase.I haven&#039;t used that particular HP, but that would be my choice of those 4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jmac, post: 5394754, member: 545486"] Avoid Acer and Toshiba like the plague. Dell and HP make pretty decent units. They're not bulletproof by any means, but for sub-$1000 units, they have the lowest failure rates. Gateway is also pretty good, though they tend to use older parts, so battery life, heat output, and thickness aren't so good. If it's stationary, it shouldn't matter. My personal preference is towards the higher-end Sony VAIOs, but the sub-$1000 Sonys aren't so great. Apple makes good laptops, though I fvcking hate OS X and they're grossly overpriced, but if you like OS X, it's your only choice. As for the specific laptops listed, the Acer Cinema laptops look fantastic. Unfortunately, they're chalk full of bloatware (80+ processes @ startup [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sick.gif.b1847c8dabbfeeddbcf1a78052249e10.gif[/IMG] ) and the media controls get stuck OFTEN. On top of that, Acer's reliability is mediocre. I work at 2 computer stores that sell Toshiba laptops, both of them send an obscene number back due to failures that pop-up very quickly. Unfortunately, it's not just limited to quick failures (Toshiba only takes units back within 30 days) as a lot of issues pop up months down the road. Battery issues are very common on the Toshiba units as are motherboard issues. I used to view them as a viable option, but their return rates continue to increase. I haven't used that particular HP, but that would be my choice of those 4. [/QUOTE]

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