Acer, HP or Sony?

Question

I have three laptops I'm choosing from - they all have basically the same specs. The Acer is $950, the HP is $1100 and the Sony is $1150.

It's always been my experience that Acer is to laptops what McDonald's is to fine dining, but I'm putting it here just because it's there. So, of these three, which comes most highly recommended and why?

For the record, these are the three laptops:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2205918&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2366282&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2503750&CatId=17

Also, I've heard some of these brands have problems with Java. How true is this? I'm a programmer, so that's kind of important.

I'm gonna start posting requests for cuite to not answer my questions... her answers are always 100% irrelevant.

The Answer: laptops, not desktops. I built my desktop, I agree with ya on that.

JSalakar: yeah, I love Toshibas, but my warranty from my latest dead laptop (a Toshiba refurb, though it worked perfectly until it died) only goes to TigerDirect.com, and none of their Toshibas have what I want (Duo Core processor and 15.4+ inch screen). Thanks though.

Answer 1

When it comes down to it, your paying for the name brand, but you also get what you pay for. If you don't mind paying a little more the Sony is worth it, but you will be just as happy with the Acer. Good luck.

Answer 2

what the f*** dose the brand have anything to do with the actual PC. All that maters is the parts that is uses. In my opinion everyone should buycot prebuilt PC's and build their own. Companys always stick you with the slowest parts possible and give no possible way to upgrade.

I saw this one HP PC that even though it had a respectable CPU everything else was crapy. It had DDR2/400 RAM (What is the point of having DDR2 if it's gonna be stuck at a slow speed of 200MHz? DDR2 RAM can go up to 500MHz [ DDR2/1000 ] )

But about the laptops I would chose the HP one because it has a faster proc and has up to 256 MB shared memory. (Too bad it's crappy intel graphics.)

Answer 3

I have an Acer laptop for almost a year now, can't complain never had any problems. I know their the McDonald's of fine dining but food is food once your stomach's full the stomach doesn't complain.
In my opinoin Sony's always overrated & over priced ,if you want fine dining go with the HP

Answer 4

Personally, I like the Toshiba notebooks much better. I bought one about 80 or 10 years ago and never had a problem with it, and it was still working great when I sold it to someone else about 2 years ago. Then I bought matching notebooks for my wife and I somewhere over 2 years ago and they are still working good. Two of my sisters inlaws also bought Toshiba notebooks and they are very happy with their computers too.

Answer 5

Acer is a new brand name. Though it is not well known as Sony but its quality is as high as the others. One more thing the price is a little bit lower. we can save money. !!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 6

I have two Acer Laptops and they are really good. So go for it.

Answer 7

I'd go with the HP fore sure. Second choice Sony.

Answer 8

hp computer the best

HP computers no1 they have the verry best recover system of all

click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery tools-cd
noW click on
creat the recovery tools cd
use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd
then click next
and wait for it to creat a
system tool recovery cd
do not stop it at all
when the system tools
cd is created your have
a system recovery tools
cd- this cd will reinstall
all the software that came with the pc and
now coz we have reset the software it will
restall the software that is on the pc and
reinstall windows xp home and set it back up
windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up

the
hp-pc-tools cd
this just reinstall's the software that was on the
the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also
install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd
creat multiple partitioins




hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery creater cd
use a dvd (r)disk .do not stop this till the .hp-recovery .creater cd's have been made.then your have your .hp-recover creater cd's



what.hp-creater cd's do
hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
use a dvd(r) disk
to create the revovery creater cd
you will have 2 options
options 1: to just install the windows xp & the software that was on
the hard drive from day 1 without for mating the hard drive
options2: will format the hard drive
and reinstall windows xp with out asking for the windows xp cd
& install the software that was on the pc from day1




hp-cd's & windows & product key cd
your windows product key
can be fond on the side of the pc or on the top
or at the back of the pc
now its best to write that windows product key
and keep it in a safe place

and put that windows product key in to a notepad
and copy the notepad
to a back up cd put the
product key cd. in a safe place with windows xp & the hp-pc-recovery cds
all in a safe place

now you can make back up copy's of the recovery cd's you have made
with the hp.cd creater cd's you use sonci my dvd to make copy's of them cd's
with hp-pc-recovery cd you can use windows burner or sonic my dvd
to make a back up copy of that cd
then make them as the cds for what they are but make as back copy cd's
then your not get any of them mixed up then put them all in a safe place/with
windows xp cd so no one can damage them


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