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

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.

IBM - best build quality in my experience.

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

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

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.

+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 :( )

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.

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

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.

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