2006-12-01 04:17:41 · 12 answers · asked by Smiles 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
To be honest all brands have good aspects of them and bad aspects. It all depends on what you want to do with the system. If your looking for a great gaming system. Alienware. its pricey but effective. For home multimedia the higher end HP or Gateway systems will have all the multimedia features you'll need. AS with Dell they are descent systems If you stay away from the 300 dollar systems...If you buy a 300 dollar pc your going to get a 300 dollar pc and it wont last. but if you customize it yourself and buy a respective system dells tens to be descent systems. For higher end part quality wise sony is always up there but they tend to be pricey. For laptops Sony and Toshiba have always gotten my vote. Granted the operating systems tend to be cluttered with software you dont need which can cause preformance issues but its easily removed. Regarding e-machines. the cheap 200 dollar ones, juse like dells you buy a 200 dollar pc you get a 200 dollar pc. if you get one of their 600 to 800 dollar systems they tend to be descent for normal home use.
2006-12-01 04:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Parallel_Engineer_DH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT GO BY BRAND! Check to see what parts they offer inside and if its expandable. If you go around asking what brand, you are being too general, any brand computer can suck if it has nothing good inside it! Look for atleast a intel pentium 4 processor or a dual core. Also go with atleast 512mb of memory. Go with at least an 80gb hard drive (depends on how much stuff you hold on it ie: music,games,videos,pictures,et... And thats about it thats really important. But like i said before dont let brands fool you, its whats inside!
Believe me, i actually know whats good in a computer unlike some of the computer unliterate people.
2006-12-01 07:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by coreboy7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally IBM/Lenovo. Why? Their systems are marketed more towards the business market, and for a computer to be designed for critical applications it has to be reliable, and somewhat logically designed. My IBM/Lenovo machines came with no garbage software to hunt for and delete, uses "normal" hardware that hasn't had any driver related issues running Linux/BSD, and uses "brand name" components internally from what I have noticed. No crazy off-brand DVD-Rom drives (Dell), network cards, crippled bios's (emachines) or other headaches. For this I recommend Lenovo for someone who doesn't want issues not only initially, but down the road either.
-Zach
2006-12-01 05:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by zachsandberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save yourself time and money and just by an Apple.
Software limitations on the Mac (Apple) are non-existent these days and the new Duo Core chips on the Macbook Pro enable the user to use both: Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
I switched 3 years ago and I have never looked back. In fact, my computer has "never" crashed.
2006-12-01 04:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by flyerave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dell is the best right now for home/business users, in my opinion (price, quality, warranty, support). For gaming I use Alienware. I work with Dell, IBM, Gatway, etc as a system admin every day. I've had bad experiences with them all from time to time, but Dell stands out.
2006-12-01 04:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by arcaemous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't trust any of them, just pick the one with the best price and warantee. Computer's are pretty much the same, however I like IBM. But that doesn't make them better than the others. I usally just build my own.
2006-12-01 04:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dell for sure..theyre always on call and are very patient when you have problems with your computer..you can completely personalize your computer with everything and anything YOU want on your computer ..they have decent prices and have good updates for your computer
2006-12-01 04:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by blahblahblah21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dell is terrible. They are cheaper and easy to get online but I own my own Dell, my family has a Dell, and we have Dells at work. Nothing but problems.
2006-12-01 04:26:11 · answer #8 · answered by michellek32 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love the DELL computers. They are awsome.
2006-12-01 04:24:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no good or bad computer. it depens who use it. best way to do it is have someone built you a computer.
2006-12-01 04:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋