Laptops, which is better? Dell, HP, IBM?

[Hunain]

Hey folks, was just wanting to ask, if you had to choose between three makes, same specs same price, which one to go for? DELL, HP, IBM? Thanks.

[b0redom]

IBM - best build quality in my experience.

[SiM]

Probably Dell because of their good cs or, which ever has the longest warranty

I hate the IBM styling (I have owned one btw)... so would probably avoid that

[Agent]

IBM's look rubbish, but are built solid.
Dells are nice and as SiM says, CS is good if things go wrong.

Not really used many HP's.

[shaithis]

+1 for IBM

I've had 3 Dells from work, destroyed them all. Cases come apart, hinges and levers break etc

I bought a HP for myself a few years ago, had a re-occurring fault which after the 4th fix I gave up on.

Had my current IBM for 3 years, unfortunately its still going strong without any issues (so no chance of work upgrading it yet )

[nichomach]

Depends on the product range more than the manufacturer, IME. Lenovo 3000s - slightly cack. Lenovo Thinkpads - rock solid. Dell Inspiron - meh. Dell Latitude or XPS - great.

[SiM]

A key snapped off my IBM a few years back, so the keyboards aren't solidly built

[Zhaoman]

IBMs have brilliant build quality, a few of my friends have IBM laptops, I think they're brilliant even though I really don't like their styling.

My friend has an HP computer, the fact that it's in pristine condition 5 years on is highly commendable.

I like the look of Dells but I've had several problems with computers and a printer so I can't really recommend them.

[nichomach]

SiM, remember - use fingers, not hammer, OK?