What laptops do Amigan's use in general?

[WeiXing3D]

HP Tablet/Notebook combo, with touch screen, 350 GB HDD & Asus Pentium i7, 500 GB HDD.

[krashan]

PowerBook G4 with MorphOS.

[tone007]

I'm sure I have no less than 5 working laptops kicking around, but the one I'm enjoying the most is obviously the one in my sig.  8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (though I'll probably put the original 750GB drive back in,) i7, nVidia graphics with 1.5GB memory, and my favorite feature, the customizable, animated backlit keyboard.

[giZmo350]

I just bought a new i3 Lenovo Thinkpad with all the goodies. I used a Thinkpad 600 for 8 years till the poor little guy just couldn't run XP w/SP3 any longer. Then used a Thinkpad T42 maxed out ram for 5 years - great machine (both machines still run). I will sell new Thinkpads but i WILL NOT sell Idea Pads.
 
Now, what NOT to buy...  I repair and sell laptops everyday.
I will NEVER sell any HP product in my store and 90% of the time when peeps bring them in (we're talking anything DVx(xxx) and the F series and the CQ - GQ series) it's motherboard failure. Here's why...  HP went "green" 8 years ago and they don't use lead in their solder. All the solder joints are like pot metal and crack. One day they might turn on and the next not. I hate HP! I lose customers and revenue because of them! NX and NC were a fairly decent machine though.
 
Nor will I sell ANY Acer, or any Toshiba. Any Toshiba newer than 2 years old is a peice of sh*t! Period. I see screens going out all the time and the DC jack will simply fall into the case due to the body being practically made of paper.
 
Good laptops: Sony, Asus, Dell (but NOT Inspiron), MSI (but they have nearly priced themselves out of the market), and believe it or not Gateway makes a fairly decent machine (some models are crap - some are great - I have sold hundreds of Gateways). Now I know there's exceptions and preferences but seriously - HP is THE Worst (not to mention their business practices).

[Tahoe]

Top specced Dell Latitude E6520 for now. Happy camper.

[jj]

Sorry to hear you bought an Alienware Dell laptop.

but take a look at the Eurocom Panther 2.0,

CPU - 3.3 ghz intel core I7-980x
Ram - 16 gb DDR3
Chipset - Intel X58
Drives - Micron 256 gb SSD SATA 600
RealSSD C300, 500 GB 7,200 rpm
hybrid, SATA 300
Optical - Hitachi - LG CTION Blu-ray player
GPU - 2X AMD Radeon HD6970 XT 2GB
Display - 17.3 inch LED backlit, 1920x1080
Connectivity - HDMI out, HDMI in, DVI, Ethernet, two USB 3.0, three USB 2.0
eSATA, Firewire, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
headphone, mic, line-in, S/PDIF out
media reader, webcam, fingerprint sensor
LAP/Carry - 13 lb, 3.2oz/ 16lbs, 8.7 oz
Price $5,373 at www.eurocom.com

OK JJ, nice unit hope you enjoy it, listen my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite that is about 12 years old. just trying to turn you up.

but

Just think you could of had a Eurocom instead.

really a nice unit, enjoy it, the monster above in June 2011 was the top of the line fastest laptop on the market. Don't know if it still holds that title.

I am just jealous

smerf)

My system matches or beats that in a few areas and cost a fraction of the price you have quoted.

[Sutty100]

Chromebook, They really are quite good for most tasks. HP laptop though for gaming/development which I am quite happy with. Oh and a thinkpad for work, wont hear a word against thinkpads they are brilliant! Great keyboard and hard as nails! Outlast a macbook any day!

[AmigaGTI]

i have two Laptops,

a ASUS EeePC 904HA for a little bit internet

at work a get a new laptop (hp Elitebook) so i get  my "old" laptop form work in the next days:

hp compaq nc6400, parts for update (250GB HDD, 2GB RAM, dockingstation) i have bought to make it ready for the next years.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Dell Latitude, E6500, E6510, E6520, E6320, etc., that's all we use here (corporate IT).  Great hardware support & warranty, easy to find updated drivers on the support site, powerful systems for the money (buy from Dell Factory Outlet, certified refurbished, same hardware warranty as new, half the cost).  Set them up with a corporate image that includes all the latest updates and no junk, plenty of expansion ports, they work great for us!

[marioman23]

i use an acer aspire ethos, pricy, but its worth it. its big though, 18.4". but its got a hell of alot of power.

[commodorejohn]

i use an acer aspire ethos, pricy, but its worth it. its big though, 18.4". but its got a hell of alot of power.

If that's a laptop, you have a hell of a lap. :/

[bbond007]

If i were to get a new laptop i think I'd get an Alienware MX11 because most of the time when I travel via plane my toshiba 18.4 is just too much. In fact, if it was even 1/8" larger it would not fit in the TSA security bins.  I end up taking my netbook and a netbook with even dual core atom is not like a real computer...

I guess is a real shame they are discontinuing the MX11... http://www.neowin.net/news/alienware-laptops-refreshed-mx11-discontinued

just can't afford to get one now unless I want to live without a refrigerator.

[lost_loven]

Asus G50VT-X5



Awesome lappy for me!
3yrs now running and rock solid! Upgraded hard drive and added a 2nd Hard drive in spare bay. Bay 1 - 750 gig bay 2 500 gig



Video VGA-out, HDMI
Audio Stereo speakers with subwoofer, headphone/microphone jacks
Data 4 USB 2.0, SD card reader, eSATA, mini FireWire
Expansion ExpressCard/54
Networking Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (added blue tooth too)
Optical drive DVD burner


 Upgraded to win7/lion

see sig below for vid's.

Processor 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7450   Memory 4GB, 800MHz DDR2   Hard drive 320GB 7,200rpm   Chipset Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset   Graphics 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GS Screen size (diagonal) 15.6 inches

lost

[klx300r]

I've only used HP laptops for the past 12 years I believe and have never had a problem.  In my experience as long as you work atop a ventilation pad and don't restrict the airflow when working off a desk notebooks should not give you any problems hardware wise.

[stefcep2]

Now I know there's exceptions and preferences but seriously - HP is THE Worst (not to mention their business practices).

My experinece mirrors this.  Won a HP 2133 mini-note.  Died after 3 months.  Always ran hot.  Googled and found I wasn't the only one.  I then stupidly bought a HP DV4 because at the time the specs were the best for the money.  Its always running hot as well.  I use an old Toshiba M4 Portege, running Ubuntu 9.10 because i fear the DV4 will die any minute.

[djos]

I have a crappy HP Supplied HP Probook 6460b which is a/ heavy /b big (for a 15" laptop) and c/ has a crap low-res screen.

If I had my choice I'd buy a new Apple MacBook Pro and maybe even add the retina display.