What brand of laptop do you buy?

Lynne Level 1

July 20, 2016, 1:14 pm

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Do you always stick to a brand when you buy a laptop or do you play around with brands when you get a new one?

I'm a Dell girl. I have always bought Dell and I am very happy with the purchases I've made.

My husband prefers Acer and he has also always bought Acer. He says Dell is expensive and that Acer gives the same performance for a better price.

One the biggest selling points for me is that within the guarantee Dell will come out to repair your laptop at your premises if anything is wrong. I detest the thought of having my laptop being sent away.

So what are your preferences and why?

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Lynne

Lynne

I don't really know much about laptops and for that sort of thing I just get my sister's advice. I asked her advice 7 years ago which laptop I should get and she said Dell and that was it. I just went with that and I stick with it

Yeah as long as the repair is due to a Dell fault and it is under guarantee they will come to you wherever you are and repair it on site. With my first Dell laptop I had a problem within a few weeks with the screen. I have to admit that when I paid about R10 000 for that laptop at the time and the screen went faulty I was quite irritated but I have to say that I called them and within a day they had a technician with me that replaced the screen very quickly and efficiently at my home. I paid nothing... so yes that impressed me.

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CryptoGuru

CryptoGuru

i personally do not have a laptop so this is a great post i mentioned in an other post that i was interested in buying one, i like how you took the time out to mention that dell will send some one to you in order to fix things up , i do not think i have heard any thing like that being done before , that could be a really convenient thing as having to send your lap top out for repairs could potentially effect business and i do not think any of us want that to be honest

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Lynne

Lynne

Yes that was the big selling point for me. My laptop is my baby, I just can't be without it. It feels awful. Now that the guarantee is over I had to send it away to get the HDD replaced and it felt awful.

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jacobupnext

jacobupnext

Well, I care about the brand.
My parents got a laptop, a HP. The clock speed on that computer was only 1.61 GHz (Not good) the computer would constantly freeze up and since I do video & graphic design this would cause a delay. The graphics and everything were good but the computer could not keep up. It had 4 GB of ram and 500 MB hard drive. HP stopped selling this model because how bad it was. I will never buy a HP laptop again, simply because they aren't good.
Today I have a Toshiba laptop which is great and I absolutely love it. The reason I got a Toshiba was my grandfather kept saying how great his was, but his was from 2004. But it lasted over 14 years with no problems. HP seems to be falling behind especially for a company that focuses on laptops, there computers just can't keep up.
My toshiba has 3.7 GHz, 8 GB ram, 1 Terrabyte and it is my best laptop so far.

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CryptoGuru

CryptoGuru

I think you make a good point you know some times people do end up just paying for brand, but you make a valid stand cause certain brands are higher brands for a reason, as a buyer i believe you have too it is a must to check the specs on what your buying you do not want to buy nothing off the faith of the brand that it will be good, you have to take your time with your options , it is smart to after well know brands as they are usually better quality then the less known brands

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Lynne

Lynne

A laptop that has lasted 14 years... well that is certainly something! Thank you for sharing that, that is something I will keep in mind next time I buy a laptop!

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ssam

ssam

I have brought brand new HP Pavilion laptop with core i3 processor and 4 GB ram and 1 tb HDD.

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EliteWriter

EliteWriter

I had an HP Pavilion too and it was quite good. If it had not been for an accident where it fell off the table I think it would be still working great.

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Lynne

Lynne

It is so interesting how so many people have different experiences with different brands. I've never had an HP before but so many people have told me that they have had a bad experience with HP.

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CryptoGuru

CryptoGuru

to me i would have to go with a apple mac book pro, i have always been of what apple has too offer and i know from experiance that you are less likely to deal with crashing and freezing with apple products the only thing is it might efffect your pockets a little more then you want it too, other than that the specs on it are it runs off mac os has 128 gb dive, 8 gb of ram and a 2.9 GHz processor, personally i think it runs really smooth ill leave that to you too decide, good luck

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EliteWriter

EliteWriter

I had an HP laptop which was great and it held off well considering I used it for many hours every day for some 5 years. But then the battery used to go dead after a couple of minutes, and so it had to be plugged in all the time, shortly after that my dog came running and pulled the cord and smashed it off the table, The result a cracked laptop which started to short. I bought the cheapest laptop I could find at the time, an Asus and it is not bad. The worst brand I ever experienced was Acer so I would not recommend that.

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Lynne

Lynne

LOL I know what you mean. My Dell laptop has been thrown twice by my kids but it still works great, well except for the HDD that had to be replaced recently. I've had it for 3 years and that is the only thing I have had a problem with.

My previous Dell was 4 years old and it didn't survive the coffee that I fed it.

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dennyfar

dennyfar

My laptop FUjitsu, what do you think?

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Lynne

Lynne

Oh I've never owned a Fujitsu before! Are you planning on buying or have you bought one?

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dennyfar

dennyfar

No, I bought used laptop. Please don't tell Tiffany....

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Lynne

Lynne

LOL who is Tiffany? Your secret is safe with me

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dennyfar

dennyfar

What? You are Seoclerk's member but you don't know Tiffany? She is very popular in Seoclerk's. I thought she is Seoclerks's Co Founder

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Topseoservice

Topseoservice

I have been using Lenovo since 2012 and I would NOT suggest you to use it. Wish I could buy a different brand of laptop then. But I was not well aware about the technology. And I am paying the price till now.

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anwebservices

anwebservices

Sounds like you having bad experience with Lenovo. What is downside of it as per your experience? Why don't you like it? Is it bad quality parts or what?

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Topseoservice

Topseoservice

Its having software and hardware issues on regular basis. During this time I had to change my keypad once. Though I am not a heavy user. Although laptop is quite fast when its working.

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anwebservices

anwebservices

yeah, i bet cheaper prices is mostly connected to lower quality... I have seen a lot of people also happy with Lenovo brand, so i guess there is bit of luck involved too

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Lynne

Lynne

Oh I would be peeved off, especially because I use my laptop daily so I would've probably killed it by now.

I'm sorry you have had such a bad experience, there is nothing worse for me than when things just don't work.

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ajlancer

ajlancer

Hi Lynne thanks for your question. I do not know how to tell you which band laptop so good. Because I have 12 laptops and most of the from different brand. I have one Sony vio laptop, one Toshiba, Four Dell, Four HP, Two Compaq laptops. So, for me all band alright. But, when I am going to purchase any product I consider all configurations first than brand. But I mostly like Sony and HP computer than all other computers. And I completely avoid Accer band. I have bad experience on it. I never used Samsung laptop. So, next time, it may Samsung first choose.

Regards by Ajlancer

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Lynne

Lynne

Oh wow, so I can tell my hubby Acer sucks LOL. I always knew it. He is always trying to convince me to buy Acer for some reason, he swears by them.

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meetazeem

meetazeem

Hi Lynne
I'm an HP guy and happily using HP laptop from last 4 years. In the meantime I also tried Acer but it was horrible experience for me. Few month ago I bought "Acer Aspire E5-574G-016 Core i7-6500U 1TB 8GB 2GB" it was great experience at start and every feature was like awesome! but then, some hardware malfunctioning happened and it stopped charging. Then after a few hours its operating system got collapsed and I had to get it to workshop. Its battery got expired in two weeks and I couldn't even claim the warranty.

Then I decided to sale it and get back to HP again. Now I'm using HP Probook and everything is just fine now

I'm sure Acer is a good and reliable brand but I'm not gonna try it again.

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Lynne

Lynne

Oh wow Meetazeem. Yes I guess when you have one really bad experience with a product you won't go back there again!

It makes me think of Russell and Hobbs LOL. That is supposed to be such a high end brand. My husband bought me an expensive smoothie maker when I was pregnant. It lasted only a month and it packed up. My hubby forgot to keep the slip so we could do nothing.

I was very upset and I don't care how good that brand is I will never ever buy it again!

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Corzhens

Corzhens

All our computers at home are desktops and this is the first time we are acquiring a laptop. There is a current promo of an HP 348 laptop for only $600 which is very attractive. We are reviewing the specs and we will buy within this week. My official computer in the office is an HP Elite which I have been using for 3 years now. So maybe I am sticking to HP.

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Caguioa747

Caguioa747

I like Dell because they're reliable. I have an old Dell laptop from 2003 that still works as a backup if I need it. My current Dell laptop I bought second-hand 4 years ago so I could keep using Windows 7. It's been working fine for me.

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