Computer Gurus...Help me find a laptop!

[tpmeredith 10+ year member]

My base model macbook's been running like new for 4 years now! no problems whatsoever. Although the fan seems to work more than it should, but no complaints. I just hate the fucking magsafe power supplies they sell now!!! I've gone through 3 in the last year. All in all, I don't think it was worth the money even for the lowest end model, when I can get a really nice asus for ~$500.

Is the top case cracking? Like this: http://tech.chitgoks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/macbook_top_case.jpg

If it is you can get the entire top case assembly with the keyboard replaced for free

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

After seeing a lot of the issues I've seen regarding acer that I havn't seen with many other brands I stand by the fact that I say to avoid them at all costs. Ya if you don't have any issues you'll be fine, but stastically speaking you're way more likely to have an issue, and if you do good luck with their warranty process. We mailed an acer laptop in for a customer 3 times, each time telling them specifically what was wrong (I told them the board was failing and each of the three times took over a month each), each time they diagnosed it incorrectly and did not fix it at all, which was evident after 30 seconds of turning it on due to it completely freezing up. I've never seen that with any other brand. Toshiba, one time fix, yes it took a month but they fixed it right. Apple, if you have a problem it's usually (not always) back within a week under warranty. Dell has an awesome system setup for warranty work and teardown guides for every product, all you have to do is enter the 6-7 digit service tag (shouldn't need them though, because dell's come apart real easy).
I saw multiple acer models with crazy issues, screens failing after 18 months, DVD drives not working, etc. Taking apart an acer is horrible vs any other brand, even sony. Personally I'd rather spend the extra 50-70 bux can get a model I can trust more than acer. Sure any model has the possibility of problems, but who is going to take care of you more? A brand known for producing aftermarket performance parts for years for desktops which includes accidental damage in it's warranty, or one that came out of no where, is made by the cheapest bidder and has a horrible reputation amongst computer enthuisiests?

My brother uses a little Acer notebook, and he has had no complaints, null the massive amount of malware he got from browsing poorn. I haven't had a bad experience with Acer, as of yet. However, I can say that their boards, from what I've experienced are very flimsy.