RE: Looping with a PC laptop... which one?

["Jonah, Jim" <Jim.Jonah@compuware.com>]

My past laptop experiences:

Dell: two previous employers (dot coms) used dells. Every Dell I had
required service. The last one eventually was completely replaced one part
at a time (2 screens, 1 motherboard, 1 harddrive, and one battery). All 
five
of the programmers in my group needed service on their dell lattitudes 
right
around the one year mark. Within the office we were running about a 30%
repair rate for the Dell laptops.

Some random issues were never solved (cpu spikes).

Toshiba: rock solid, never needed service, consistent performance, 
ergonomic
case (at least better than the Dell and the Thinkpad).

IBM Thinkpad: brick (in weight and ergonomics), overpriced, available
features seemed to always trail other manufacturers, never needed service. 

Not had the pleasure of owning a Mac laptop, just lots of Mac desktops. It
seems that by the time you beef up a windows laptop (Ram, Harddrive space,
CD burner or DVD burner) they are much closer in price difference than 
you'd
find in the desktop world.

If you get a Dell, research the extended warranties and get one.

If I were to buy one today I'd look at Toshiba, Sony, and Apple.

Jim



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