Best brand of laptop

[spidey1211]

my acer laptop for 1.5 years is now dead, motherboard daw ang sira atleast 10 hours a day sya nakaopen... as in tortured sakin, may bakat na nga yung kamay ko lolz.

nagtry ako paayos sa greenhills, 10 to 15k ang motherboard , sabi ko hmotna lang, then offer nila sakin pwede daw nila bilhin for 10k... 40k ko binili ito last year.

now im using MSI, msi din kasi ang motherboard nito... hopefully magtagal... its a core 2 duo with 2gb of ram , compared sa celeron 1.5 ko before with 700+ ram

hey bro,

ok ba ang msi?


im planning to get this by tom...
msi vr320 h2
intel pentium dual core t2080 1.73ghz
ati radeon x200 graphics
13.3wxvga
1gb ddr2 mem
80gb
super multi dvd rw+-
firwire,wifi, card slot
2.1kg
all this at 33999...32806 if cash.

wat do u thnk? good buy?

[onedayoldchick]

i have gateway. hand me down lang. talaga ba mabilis maubos batt. parang 30mins lang batt. from fully charge. or nagpapapalit na ng batt?

[radiazone]

mine is asus a6va 2.5 yrs na, now the DVDRW DL is having trouble burning DVDs and CDs, successful burned DVDs are unreadable, might be the OEM drive is crap TSST

and the HDD bay is very hotie HDtemp reach 55 to 56 degrees pag walang cooler during extensive DL, kailangan pa lagyan ng cooler sa ilalim

Battery mode last 2.5hours internet usage sa airport

[admiral88]

For me, "Toshiba Satellite" series is so good! We've been using this since the 90's pa, mainly for fieldworks where my dear laptop will be exposed to a very humid and warm environments. I can still remember AutoCad10 or 14 pa yata yung nuon, up until now...Autocad 2007/Solidworks 2007 na gamit ko.

[impulzz]

hey bro,

ok ba ang msi?


im planning to get this by tom...
msi vr320 h2
intel pentium dual core t2080 1.73ghz
ati radeon x200 graphics
13.3wxvga
1gb ddr2 mem
80gb
super multi dvd rw+-
firwire,wifi, card slot
2.1kg
all this at 33999...32806 if cash.

wat do u thnk? good buy?

add ka konti mag hp or asus ka na lang na may Vista na, may post ako dito asus vs hp. i think both brands are ok, but have no experience with them pa. kung di ok yung toshi na titingnan ko bukas(2nd hand) i'll get one of those 2. 37.5k with OS na, brand new

[radiazone]

tingnan mo yung maganda ang airflow, mine is very hotie, if you can find another heatpipe for VGA much better yung bang seaparate ang labasan ng init ng VGA and CPU... not integrated

[vinrem]

I agree with Hanren, dami kang dapat i consider, i am now using a Dell inspiron 6400 (core duo), been using this for 1 and half year and walang problema.

[laklak]

my personal experience:

my acer P2 (yup, that's a pentium 2) laptop which i bought in 1994 is still working. ginagamit pa din ito ng secretary ko. pinalitan ko lang ng harddisk at nagpa-repack ng batteries. okay na okay. nalubog na ito sa tubig baha dati (as in lunod). pinabayaan ko lang matuyo sa init ng metro manila for 1 week, tapos pagpindot ko sa on switch, umandar uli. patok.

my sony vaio na P3 madalas mahulog (from a 3-ft height -- tumalbog na nga sa sahig at nasalo ko uli) pero okay na okay pa din. ang pinalitan ko pa lang so far ay ang CDROM drive (nasira dahil sa madalas mahulog) at nagpa-repack ng batteries. ginagamit pa din hanggang ngayon ng isang secretary.

my wife's macbook is okay. (i'm not a big fan of apple.) although parang masyadong delicate. nakakatakot mahulog.

recently, i bought a new laptop. i decided on vaio uli (dahil sa ganda ng experience ko sa P3 ko na vaio). core 2 duo. 2gb ram. dvd writer. very happy with this. ang ayaw ko lang ay vista siya. (parang mas happy ako sa xp e.)

so, ang suggestion ko: sony vaio or acer. sa experience ko, subok nang matatag. (wag na macbook, IMHO its pure design but less of the functionality.)

ive had my dell since december 2005, and this summer lang officially dead na yung battery nya, as in ni 1 sec of battery life wala na. Im thinking the problem might lie in the battery's power management circuit, kasi before masira ito, i could still manage to squeeze around 40 mins of battery life out of them.

san ka nagpaparepack ng battery? nasusunod ba nila yung specs ng output voltage at current? Yun lang kasi ang kinakatakot ko sa repacking eh.


also im also contemplating in getting a new laptop, and ive noticed parang naging mas affordable na ang mga macbooks ngayon, kaya im thinking of trying them out for a change, provided na pwede siya magamitan ng autocad. From what ive read, walang mac version ang autocad, so i have to use ung parallels ng Mac to be able to run it, question to macbook owners is, paano yung performance ng parallels (im not even sure if this is what you call this)? axad is medyo cpu/ram intensive especially if you do rendering, pero in my case, simple 2d drawings lang kaya di masyado ang strain sa resources.

[trackers888]

Ever since HP na gamit ko. So far, naluluma nalang pero hindi pa naman nagkakaroon ng major problem. Now, I'm using HP Pavilion6189, madali lang mag low batt kaya balak ko upgrade sa 12cell.

[frenchtower]

From what ive read, walang mac version ang autocad, so i have to use ung parallels ng Mac to be able to run it, question to macbook owners is, paano yung performance ng parallels (im not even sure if this is what you call this)? axad is medyo cpu/ram intensive especially if you do rendering, pero in my case, simple 2d drawings lang kaya di masyado ang strain sa resources.

Sir, as a Mac user, I find Parallels quite inadequate/unstable in handling resource intensive programs like Autocad. Try running Windows+Autocad on its native environment via bootcamp to decapitalize on Mac OS X virtualization. I just don't know how VM Fussions can handle Autocad? There are a lot of Mac techies here that can best address your concerns.

By the way, I have HP and Macbook Pro (Both having Intel Core 2 Duo Processors). No probems on neither one of them so far. Both have their own strengths and weaknesses as a portable computer.

[mrepz]

For me Toshiba satellite are the best.....proven and tested na yan sa tagal ng panahon. Try not to focus on specs, look into the other side Toshiba are well known for good quality and durability at ung lcd nya try to compare to other laptop makers makikita mo pagkaka-iba nila....So kung habol mo nman taas ng specs, upgrade kaylangan.

[jm.chan]

Hello, for me maganda ang laptop ng IBM (Lenovo) very sturdy sila kahit pangit design pero tumatagal. next might be Dell or apple. iyung macbook ko kasi sira sira na eh ung battery na corrupt ung HD, LCD, ung built niya di p ganun kaganda.. hehe pero siguro ung macbook pro ngayon na unibody okay :D

[gongrhey]

Para sakin okay ang Dell and HP laptop. Personal use ko is an HP with core 2 duo processor while yung company issue is a Dell latitude. Lahat ng company issue sakin ay puro Dell, 3 laptops na. Subok ko na Dell, dati may recall pa ng battery nya napalitan naman ng libre.

[mhelskie]

we have an IBM X32 laptop(Centrino 1.8Ghz) w/ a 3yr warranty...ok na ok pa up to now, my wife bought it from Taiwan 5years ago. I just upgraded the memory to 1GB and nagagamit pa namin sya until now kahit pang word processing at browsing lang.

Yung HP CQ40 laptop namin na binili last year, pinawarranty ko ung battery last month dahil madaling ma drain...less than a week napalitan nman(under warranty and available locally ung part). Mejo mahirap lng pumila sa service center nila sa jupiter(one & only HP service center)

[jelo1105]

I always endorse ASUS brand, i already tried many asus product and they are really rugged, so i think their laptop is also tough.... I just ready an article last november about laptop failure rate... ASUS ranked 1st followed by toshiba, but i was surprise seeing lenovo being in last 4 for position, lenovo is the adaptation of the IBM, and we all know that IBM is the toughest pc ever. Some of the articles i read said that lenovo aren't using the IBM standard in creating their new laptops, but for me lenovo still has their quality. My office worker said that HP is good (we also use HP desktop in our office, and its quite good) but most of the article i read said that HP are now loosing thier quality (especially compaq). We also has a MSI laptop, I can say that it was good although "nagiinit".
I think the best priority to be consider in choosing a laptop is the specs and price. Then, if all brand has the same specs that's the time to consider the brand.

[digitalron]

I always endorse ASUS brand, i already tried many asus product and they are really rugged, so i think their laptop is also tough.... I just ready an article last november about laptop failure rate... ASUS ranked 1st followed by toshiba, but i was surprise seeing lenovo being in last 4 for position, lenovo is the adaptation of the IBM, and we all know that IBM is the toughest pc ever. Some of the articles i read said that lenovo aren't using the IBM standard in creating their new laptops, but for me lenovo still has their quality. My office worker said that HP is good (we also use HP desktop in our office, and its quite good) but most of the article i read said that HP are now loosing thier quality (especially compaq). We also has a MSI laptop, I can say that it was good although "nagiinit".
I think the best priority to be consider in choosing a laptop is the specs and price. Then, if all brand has the same specs that's the time to consider the brand.

I agree that Asus represents a good bang-for-the-buck deal. I've bought three Asus laptops the past four years and I'm happy with all of them (the first one got stolen when our house was entered by Akyat Bahay criminals). Regarding Lenovo, though they bought IBM, Lenovo effectively split its laptop business into two tiers: ThinkPads (T, R, X, SL, and W series) and non-TPs (like Y, U, C, and N series). Lenovo ThinkPads still possess the robustness of the original ThinkPads (I know, we use TPs exclusively in the office and several bozo staff have dropped them while madly dashing from meeting to meeting -- no laptop deaths yet due to this).

Personally, I subscribe to the following (in general, as exceptions may always occur)

1. Best Bang for the Buck - Asus
2. Best for Lifestyle and Multimedia Work - MacBook
3. Best Raw Performance - Alienware
4. Best for Corporate Work and Reliability - ThinkPad

[batang_raon14]

Most will recommend based on specs, subjective quality interpretations, reliability (based on personal experience), etc., but I guess my recommendation will be strange as it will be based on the after-sales warranty support.

I've recommended Acer to my friends, friends of friends, relatives, and even parents on the basis of warranty claims.

I've read an article before about the high percentage of laptops that fail to reach even a year before a hardware component begins to fail, with HP being at the top of the list. While I don't intend to discriminate any brands, the obvious case is that there is a possibility that a laptop WILL fail (or any equipment for that matter).

So why Acer? If your laptop bogs down, bring it to their Paco Service Center together with the official receipt, wait for them to assess what needs to be replaced, wait a certain amount of days (for me it takes a week on average - including board replacements), and after that - problem solved and warranty claim.

There are reports though at times that some add-on functions (like if you add bluetooth modules to make the built-in bluetooth button work), minsan nga lang kinakahoy. So I always advise anyone who goes for a claim to double-check that everything works and everything's the same after the replacement (RAM capacity, Hard Drive capacity, etc.). Maraming nagogoyo dito, but to be honest di lang naman sa kanila ang ganito, when I had a Neo and Asus before nagkaexperience rin ako na may kinahoy na piyesa, so regardless of brand it pays to check after a repair's done.

Anyways, bottomline - I'd go with Acer on the basis of fast replacement times when it comes to a part failure. Other manufacturers will also service it, but the queue time will take 3 weeks to 2 months, which, IMO, if that laptop is the only PC you've got, will costs a plenty in terms of productivity.

Just my .02.

[digitalron]

In the past (mid 90s to early 2000s), I had Acers dying on me. At that time, Acer hinges also easily broke. I really don't know how Acers are now because I don't bother with them. Recently, I've had experiences with Compaqs easily breaking down (LCD screen failure is very common). This is sad because in the 90s, Compaqs were really very good in terms of performance (consistent speed kings) and quite tough. Unfortunately, Compaqs today have become budget HPs... with HP laptops themselves not really being very great as well.

After-sales support is important, but I'd rather have a laptop that I can really rely on. I've been using ThinkPads since 1995 (it has a 386 if I remember correctly) and NOT ONE ever died on me. The average age of ThinkPads I used went up to 4.5 years, and the old ones were simply handed down, to continue functioning even after an additional 2-3 years more they were obsoleted because of software requirements. And these continue to work despite bumps and drops while turned on.

That's the reason why ThinkPads are used in outer space

[cyrusblutrooper]

for me, i'm using ASUS 1201n very very nice and capable. though its classified as a NETBOOK.

[viel_dk]

HP pavillion dv4 gamit namin, so far di pa naman nagkaka serious problem...
ang ayaw ko lang dito sa laptop na to ang bilis mag lowbat, sobra mag init kahit naka cool pad na, tapos ang bigat