[BigRocsFirebird]

Originally Posted by 97camaro

Honestly when it comes to the 'hp/dell/mac/toshiba...etc are crap', it really depends on how you take care of it. treat it like ****, dont expect it to last. dont suffocate the laptop by putting it on pillows/clothes/beds etc youll toast the hardware. real simple things to maximize the life of the comp.

keep on top of antivirius and defrag once in a while as well as delete extraneous programs that waste processing power (especially programs that come on during boot up), your computer will continue to run like new. i have a hp dv5t (white one) its about 1.75years old now and its running just as good as the first day i got it. its took some abuse too (backpack, dropped a lap on it oops, etc) but i try to take care of it and it does return the favor.

really, like stated, go check the computers out and get a feel for em. see what kinda finish you like (gloss, semi-gloss, rough, etc), overall looks, screen size, user interface (easy shortcuts? laid out well?) these are all opinionated things you should consider. then you could either buy direct from best buy or w/e OR do what i did and go directly to the manufacture and price out a custom unit (that way you can choose more mem. cpu pwr. hdd space. etc) b/c you can get good deals on them.

just my $0.02

yes i baby everything. i take good care of everything i own. i don't let anyone touch my phone ipod laptop or anything like that. with my cell phones i've never broke a phone besides over working them. all my phones burned out from texting to much. they said the 27,000 recived texts and 12,000 sent texts a month is what kills my phones.