I meant that people buy laptops JUST BECAUSE they are Apple or HP or Alienware or whatever...
For example:
1. HP: most of the old models and some of the new have huge quality problems when it comes to the components used to build the laptop. And here i am talking about the Motherboard since that one is the only one produced by HP with their standards. DV6 for example is probably one of the best laptops that this company is selling.
HOWEVER there is a HUGE downside... the weight. As i see HP laptops are extremely heavy (compared to other similar models from other brands) and have HUGE problems with the cooling system. I recently cleaned a DV6 from the dust (and here in the middle of the desert that is murder in the 1st degree for a laptop of ANY BRAND): before the cleaning the temperature went up to 85 degrees Celsius with the startup process only. After that it went back to 45-60 which is relatively good.
The HardDrives are Western Digital if i'm not mistaken... so it's a good advantage. It's silent and has a good performance.
Price Rating: the prices are ok... sometimes a bit higher than other brands.
2. Toshiba: These guys used to make batteries... they should have staid there. Bad components (low quality... like Samsung did with the Smart TV a few weeks ago). I haven't had much experience with them because only the name scares me away. All i know is that they break easily and they heat up a lot even as new. For HardDrives i think they use Seagate which has a good reputation but quite the low performance and they are noisy.
3. Apple: Good laptops... but the price is overrated! By a lot! All in all Apple makes quality products which is sold at 3 times the market average price for similar models.
4. Samsung: Acceptable... HOWEVER! since the problems with the Smart TV i would recommend NOT BUYING Samsung laptops for the time being.
5. Lenovo is quite new on the notebook market. But as far as i can see they are doing good... Their laptops have good components and the people that bought them are happy with their purchases. Prices are low and choices are many!
6. Fujitsu... i've heard a lot of people complaining about them... Technical difficulties, poor customer support, sometimes even component incompatibilities.
7. Sony: these guys are quite good... when they are not heating up like an oven. This is just for those that want "The pink one" for their wives/kids/girls in general. prices are higher than other brands while quality and performance remains identical.
8. ASUS: now there's a brand that promises a lot! Even though prices are a bit higher (200-400 QR above) they have amazing Software and Customer support.
9. DELL and Alienware: Dell is good although they tend to heat up a bit. A good cooling pad usually solves the issue. Good prices and very good performance. Alienware is JUST FOR ENTHUSIASTIC gamers. The ability to have the performances of a desktop PC on a notebook is something that gamers want. And what gamers want, gamers get. For the extra bucks of course.
10. ACER: Before they had some issues... but when they saw that people don't buy... they changed tactics.
Slightly cheaper then the rest of the brands and with some extra performance, Acer notebooks are good for all the users. Weather a business man or a gamer you can find something with these guys.
11. MSI: Unfortunately until now i have no idea about them. Never had a chance to use their laptops.
12. The last one and at this moment my favorite brand which probably most of you have no idea exists:
RAZER BLADE: talking about a notebook made for gamers, by gamers (oh yeah... these guys post on facebook every time they play something new). Custom Build EVERYTHING! But the main attraction is the keyboard. I cannot find the words to describe it so just go and check at http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.243119900/c...
and http://www.razerzone.com/switchblade-ui for the truly amazing keyboard.
Razer is known by most for it's gaming peripherals but they just took it to the next level.
Please post another message here with your needs ( what will you do with your laptop and i will come back and post a few options with pros and cons for each of them.
Brand does matter but that's not i meant.
I meant that people buy laptops JUST BECAUSE they are Apple or HP or Alienware or whatever...
For example:
1. HP: most of the old models and some of the new have huge quality problems when it comes to the components used to build the laptop. And here i am talking about the Motherboard since that one is the only one produced by HP with their standards. DV6 for example is probably one of the best laptops that this company is selling.
HOWEVER there is a HUGE downside... the weight. As i see HP laptops are extremely heavy (compared to other similar models from other brands) and have HUGE problems with the cooling system. I recently cleaned a DV6 from the dust (and here in the middle of the desert that is murder in the 1st degree for a laptop of ANY BRAND): before the cleaning the temperature went up to 85 degrees Celsius with the startup process only. After that it went back to 45-60 which is relatively good.
The HardDrives are Western Digital if i'm not mistaken... so it's a good advantage. It's silent and has a good performance.
Price Rating: the prices are ok... sometimes a bit higher than other brands.
2. Toshiba: These guys used to make batteries... they should have staid there. Bad components (low quality... like Samsung did with the Smart TV a few weeks ago). I haven't had much experience with them because only the name scares me away. All i know is that they break easily and they heat up a lot even as new. For HardDrives i think they use Seagate which has a good reputation but quite the low performance and they are noisy.
3. Apple: Good laptops... but the price is overrated! By a lot! All in all Apple makes quality products which is sold at 3 times the market average price for similar models.
4. Samsung: Acceptable... HOWEVER! since the problems with the Smart TV i would recommend NOT BUYING Samsung laptops for the time being.
5. Lenovo is quite new on the notebook market. But as far as i can see they are doing good... Their laptops have good components and the people that bought them are happy with their purchases. Prices are low and choices are many!
6. Fujitsu... i've heard a lot of people complaining about them... Technical difficulties, poor customer support, sometimes even component incompatibilities.
7. Sony: these guys are quite good... when they are not heating up like an oven. This is just for those that want "The pink one" for their wives/kids/girls in general. prices are higher than other brands while quality and performance remains identical.
8. ASUS: now there's a brand that promises a lot! Even though prices are a bit higher (200-400 QR above) they have amazing Software and Customer support.
9. DELL and Alienware: Dell is good although they tend to heat up a bit. A good cooling pad usually solves the issue. Good prices and very good performance. Alienware is JUST FOR ENTHUSIASTIC gamers. The ability to have the performances of a desktop PC on a notebook is something that gamers want. And what gamers want, gamers get. For the extra bucks of course.
10. ACER: Before they had some issues... but when they saw that people don't buy... they changed tactics.
Slightly cheaper then the rest of the brands and with some extra performance, Acer notebooks are good for all the users. Weather a business man or a gamer you can find something with these guys.
11. MSI: Unfortunately until now i have no idea about them. Never had a chance to use their laptops.
12. The last one and at this moment my favorite brand which probably most of you have no idea exists:
RAZER BLADE: talking about a notebook made for gamers, by gamers (oh yeah... these guys post on facebook every time they play something new). Custom Build EVERYTHING! But the main attraction is the keyboard. I cannot find the words to describe it so just go and check at http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.243119900/c...
and http://www.razerzone.com/switchblade-ui for the truly amazing keyboard.
Razer is known by most for it's gaming peripherals but they just took it to the next level.
Please post another message here with your needs ( what will you do with your laptop and i will come back and post a few options with pros and cons for each of them.
Any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.