For those of you who haven't bought a laptop yet.... definitely get a Sony.... Dell sucks... my hard drive broke after 1.5 years, and my friend's fan is really loud.

I have no problems with Sony computers except the viruses, but that's just because it's running windows. I had no problem with the hardware itself, and the only problems that I did have was caused by me

virus ar eno good

from what i remember sony is the best in laptops, toshiba comes in second and fujitsu comes in third. that was the polling that i heard Fry's electronics had the hardware rated as. and as for viruses i would suggest avast or avg. either one is good but i would prefer avast. but they both work fine if you set them up together. avast will put the file into a chest so you can look at later to see if you want to delete it or repair it. also, if you computer has a virus you can program the avast to scan while it is starting up, that does not give the virsus to do anything. i have infected my computer over and over, so i know. avast will detect a virus and ask you to disconnect or not.

Sony is the best I'm using a Sony laptop right to write this message, it loads pretty fast too.

I wouldn't get a Dell unless you get the warranty to go with it. I have one and I've had to send it in several times or get new parts sent to me (keyboard, lcd screen, touchpad, etc). Plus the fans suck and are really loud after you've had the laptop for a little while. I had to dl a program to control my fan speed so it doesn't drive me crazy all the time.

I'm planning to buy a new laptop soon and it definitely won't be a Dell.

if money is not an issue and you don't have anything against macs then go with a powerbook, i've seen them put to work and they are awesome. but if you are anti-mac like me, i'd go with dell/hp/alienware if you want best bang for the buck and reliability but if you go the money to spend i'd go with one from sony just because they work very well and have the best styling. everything else falls in between depending on the specs and knowing just a wee bit about computers to understand what you need from the manufacturer and what you can upgrade yourself for half the price. good luck.

just go with hp..easy.

mac mac mac, definitely mac.

although I use a toshiba.

I THINK HP IS OFFERING THE BEST DEAL NOW ESSPECIALLY THEIR amd MODEL

i'm currently on a dell. it's been good to me so far. my last one was a mac powerbook. it crashed on me so many times and gave me so much trouble! yes, it crashed. mac's are not supposed to crash as all, but anyways, i've never had so many problems with a computer in my life, and i've had 6 computers! i'm on my 4th desktop and 2nd laptop. vaio's the way to go, if you have the money. dell has the most bang for the buck.