^^ +1 There are some comapnies good at making laptops, and some that IMHO are very bad at making them. HP/Compaq for example...I do more side work jobs on HPs than all others combined. Lots of dead mobos and shit HDs. They have all the nice, shiny fit and finish, and have crap under the hood. On the other side, Lenovos look blah and drab, but the ones I have been around (and supported for 4 years) run like champs. At my current job we have Dell, which I haven't been a huge fan of since buying one of my own years back. However the Latitudes that we have been buying seem very reliable, and don't seem to be built as chintsy as the one I had several years ago.