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Originally Posted by TylerSVT
Overall its just a big piece of crap, i wouldn't ever buy an HP laptop ever again, their customer service is atrocious.
If i ever get a new laptop, its going to be a Sony, Dell, or Toshiba.
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You can't classify these things by the brand on the sticker. Many of these are made by the same ODM (original design manufacturer). You have to classify by product lines and specific models and the kind of support you get. Every company has a bad model or two, some with more than others but most companies also have good or great models themselves.
The thread is only flawed because people don't understand that there are only about a dozen companies in the world (based in Taiwan, manufacture in China) that make virtually all the notebooks for all the other companies that you see.
For example, the Taiwanese company Quanta makes notebooks for Acer, Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, Alienware, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba, etc. If you think Acers suck, remember that Macbooks and Acers are often both manufactured by Quanta depending on the product line. Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Asus, Arima, ECS, Clevo and MSI are the big ones. If you're buying a Sony, Dell, HP, or Toshiba, or even Apple chances are that depending on the model you buy, they might even be made by the same company. I think that just Quanta, Compal, Wistron, and Asus together have like 80% of the world laptop market manufactured by those four companies. Acer (bought Gateway) has ones made by Quanta, Wistron, Arima, and Compal. Dell has ones made by Quanta and Wistron, etc.
Personally I prefer to buy unique ODM designed notebooks instead ones specifically designed and branded for a big contract manufacturer like Dell, HP, Apple, Sony, Toshiba, etc. I've had straight up Compal units in the past. I just bought a Clevo.
The way to make sure you don't get a lemon is to do thorough research on a specific model. Every big laptop brand has had lemons and recalls throughout the years.