Computer Manufacturers Ranked: How to Pick a Laptop That Won't Fail

[_Cathy_]

IMO Toshiba is well worth the price.

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[oj88]

My experience with Acer has been crap. Had four of them in the family and all of them have had premature failures from power supply conking out, hinges disintegrating, and the motherboard dying, among others.

We tried an Asus K35 series three years ago and we were very much satisfied with it. Even the battery still works. Because of that, my brother recently bought another Asus laptop (didn't get the model).

For the enterprise, it's Dell Latitude for me.

[jaggerx3]

We had 2 Toshiba laptops, for 5 years already. Nasira lang nung pinaglaruan nung pamangkin ko na kambal. Pero okay na okay pa yun. Acer madaling masira rin, 2 years lang tinagal overheating na. Neo laptops are worst, di consistent ang quality, we bought 2 nung 2009 yung isa okay, mtagal tagal battery life yung isa overheating like a flat iron. Madali pa ma lowbatt.

[red_one]

Computer Manufacturers Ranked: How to Pick a Laptop That Won't Fail

this 2009 study by SquareTrade is flawed and has been discussed so many times in TipidPC and other IT discussion sites..

"while the study looked at data from 30,000 laptops from nine manufacturers and across three different categories, in an industry which shipped 142.5 million laptops last year (2008) the "total number claimed in this report is not a statistically significant sample for a study where no attempt is made to control key variables affecting repair rates, such as comparable machine types, end users, geography, and applications."

(SquareTrade) "has a vested interested in showing scary failure rates as they have done here [as] they are in the business of selling after sale warranties."

[CVT]

We have a couple of laptops that are ASUS,- and they are better than our lone ACER laptop....

For the office, IBM >>> Lenovo,- not really that robust...

Our 3 desktops in the house use the ASUS Motherboard,- 3 variants of the AMD CPU na- single, dual and quad core,- all are still running well....



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[greenlyt]

just bought an Asus X550LN for my son, had him researched and Asus and Toshiba are his choices
finally settled for Asus because of the specs: 4th gen I7, 8 gig RAM, 2 gig memory dedicated to video card, 1TB HDD
talaga palang good buy, even told him na "hanggang mag graduate ka nyan ha"

[kimbon]

o pwede rin magka apo ka na nyan sir, his asus laptop is still working... Haha. You made a right decision for getting an Asus brand...

[badkuk]

Toshibas are really pricey for the specs youre buying.

How about Sony's?

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afaik Sony is getting out of the PC business.


i used to be a Lenovo/Thinkpad fanboy, until i got my X230 last year, with a damaged lid, right out of the box. NASA grade laptop my *$$. Tsaka ko lang nalaman sa forums that a lot of diehard Thinkpad users have been complaining of quality since Lenovo took over.

They still got one of the best laptop keyboards out there, but that build quality issue really turned me off.

Been hearing good things about Asus laptops, though they're not as visible especially their business laptops.


To be sure though, remember these three words: backup, backup, backup -- be it to an external drive, flash drive, SD card, or the cloud.

[box_type]

i have a 7 yr old Dell Vostro Laptop still up and running...

edit: its supposed to be 4 yr old, sorry for the typo

[NiCe2KnowU]

acer laffy ko, 2 1/2 years old na 16 hours araw araw ginagamit
minsan 10 hrs. walang patayan hindi umiinit,pag games lang umiinit
dami na din natapos na PC games ok naman,
walang sakit sa ulo. hindi nga tinatablan ng virus eh :hysterical:
minsan try ko din ibang brand kapag naluma na toh, try ko kung mas maganda
gusto ko try yung Dell or Asus pero hindi toshiba sirain HDD nun.
naniniwala kasi ako na nasa gumagamit lang yan
pag syonge-syonge gumagamit sirain talaga.

[CVT]

To be sure though, remember these three words: backup, backup, backup -- be it to an external drive, flash drive, SD card, or the cloud.

That's the way to go, bro...

Specially, sa mga "collections".... :naughty2:




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[tr1ck5h07]

Bought a Toshiba in 2008; but the motherboard died within a year. Thankfully, it was covered by warranty and they replaced it in a week. No major problems since then. My only issue is the proprietary wireless LAN software which gives me a headache as it sometimes cannot connect to my router.

Had a Lenovo T series for the office. Pretty heavy and loved the keyboard. But the speakers crapped out after a few months and the screen washes out when unplugged from the wall socket.

I've had an HP for work in 2006 and 2010; hated both of them. Crappy keyboard and trackpad. The 2010 one had a really noisy fan that seemed to be hitting something. Took a few weeks to have it fixed.

Bought a Lenovo G series in 2012. Lovely chiclet keyboard. So-so trackpad. No issues with the hardware. Bought it without an OS and installed my personal copy of Windows 7.

Bought an Apple Retina Macbook Pro last year. Probably the most well-put laptop I've handled. Extremely light, beautiful screen, great keyboard (I still rank Lenovo's T series as the best), wonderful trackpad. My only issue is it's mostly un-upgradeable and repairs will be a pain in the wallet.

[asb75]

2004 Toshiba M70 Satellite user here. Still running ok pinalitan ko na nang 128 SSD para bumilis nang konti ang booting sequence. Still ok no major issues whatsoever.

[fanboi]

My personal dell inspiron still running since bought it last February 2010. However battery is due for replacement now.

At the office I'm using a 5 year old sony viao, still has good battery life, 2 hours max full charge.


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[rollyic]

2 na yung HP laptop na nagamit ko.
yung isa 6 yrs na at isa naman 5 yrs na, buhay pa rin.
yung acer almost 3 yrs pa lang, patay na bec. of motherboard problem.

[joemarski]

depende rin siguro kung saan ginawa, in- issue, o binili 'yung pc.

my computers:
- Sony 1: VAIO Model SR, Coe 2 Duo pa, from Middle East, company issue 7yrs+ na sa akin never pang pumalya.
bugbog sa gamit ang windows office, gamit ko pa pag TSIKOT.
averaging open 14hrs / day.

- Sony 2: VAIO, forget the model na, 'yung "NEON COLORS", from ME, company issue rin,
4yrs+ na rin sa amin, never pang nagka- sakit, gamit naman ni misis sa opis (accounting),
long hours using din, pag nauwi sa pinas, gamitin nila ng anak ko viewing DVDs and games.

- Sony 3: VAIO FIT 15E, i7, Windows 8, from ME, company issue pa rin,
Jan 2014 ko lang natanggap, nasa bahay lang, ginagamit minsan ng mga pamankin,
long hours rin dahil sa potek na Pesbuk na 'yan! :mad:

- Sony 4: ask ko na lang si misis re details, but latest model rin naman...
last year niya lang binili sa Singapore, 8months lang yata, CRASH na!

That's from eperience lang namin... minalas lang siguro doon sa Sing unit.
Pero sa mga Sony units from ME, 7yrs+ never a complain from any Senior Engineers.

[A121]

I still have my old ASUS A8Fm (2006) with me. The hinge failed 4 times but the hardware inside is really good. Never did it fail even when it was dropped several times.

Recently, bumili ako ng Lenovo Thinkpad Edge (because I thought Thinkpads were tough). After a month, the hard-drive sata connector was pulled off. So much, for Thinkpad durability. :|

[palonmar]

For sure the statistics for Asus was correct kasi sakin going 5 years na at di pa nadadala sa repair shop. The durability is somewhat true maybe because Asus make their own hardwares like mother boards, video cards etc. They are not pricey and bang for the buck talaga compared to other brands. Many times ko nang ginawa sa laptop ko na mag-download within 3-4 weeks na walang patayan pero ok pa rin at walang problema. Kaya if I buy a new laptop or desktop, 100% that will be Asus.

[beginnerz]

Yup. I think ok yan. Sa bahay namin asus pnkmtanda na laptop win xp pa os nya. And yung battery lang tlga ang nag worn out sa tanda.

[Jun aka Pekto]

My current laptop is a 14" ASUS G46VW. Works great with Win 8.1. It games okay. Great laptop. It replaced my old 2007 15.4" Toshiba Satellite A215-s4757. I still have my old Toshiba as a backup although I use it like a desktop PC. The battery circuits are fried.

I also have a 10.1" Toshiba Mini NB305-N600 netbook.

I guess my choices are pretty good.