looking for a laptop

[Deltasix]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

Our local Office Depot had some smokin' deals on Toshibas and and e-machines unit. The e-machine was $285, I believe.

Don't buy an e-machines. When I worked computer retail, they were the second most service computers, right next to Dell. Average lifespan on the computers would be about a year and a half, long enough to be out of warranty, but not long enough to warrant a new computer.

Toshibas are okay, the life on the screen isn't (on average) all that great.

I'd go with Lenovo if you're going to get a regular sized laptop, best performance for the price, great setup, and awesome reliability.

[Shroomster]

Originally Posted by Deltasix

Don't buy an e-machines. When I worked computer retail, they were the second most service computers, right next to Dell. Average lifespan on the computers would be about a year and a half, long enough to be out of warranty, but not long enough to warrant a new computer.

Toshibas are okay, the life on the screen isn't (on average) all that great.

I'd go with Lenovo if you're going to get a regular sized laptop, best performance for the price, great setup, and awesome reliability.

I have a desktop emachine going on I think 6 years now...only problem was motherboard fried itself but that was covered under warranty and then later on I had to replace the power supply for $20, & i added 1gb of ram...she is running like a champ still.


there are going to be hit&miss with every brand, I got the good end of the spectrum and deltasix has seen the bad end...

[Deltasix]

Originally Posted by Shroomster

I have a desktop emachine going on I think 6 years now...only problem was motherboard fried itself but that was covered under warranty and then later on I had to replace the power supply for $20, & i added 1gb of ram...she is running like a champ still.


there are going to be hit&miss with every brand, I got the good end of the spectrum and deltasix has seen the bad end...

Oh, I've seen a few that run well. However, your experience is based off of one unit, I'm talking about a few years in the computer repair business, computer sales business, as well as time as an on station tech for a small business and what I've seen in that.
Not just my personal PC.


One other point:
No matter what is said, someone will have a computer/car/whatever that, despite being a crap brand, has run for 18 million years or whatever. But these are the exception.