Legit Reviews

While we tend to build our own desktops, laptops are another story even though we had plenty of articles on building a laptop it's just a process that I think we rather just get from a company. So here's a brief overview of laptops, since I see people with crap for laptops all the time.

Lenovo- Start with the best, top tier laptop quality. Unfortunately laptop upgrades cost more on parts than anywhere else, they really want to be a "made-to-order" company. Also, forget their cheap end of laptops, you're either spending $1000 or more for a thinkpad or you might as well go to Dell.

Dell- Stick with the small business line, the laptops look and perform better. They rip you off on warranty (http://forums.legitreviews.com/about18199.html), so don't bother with that. It's better for the cheaper laptops, since Lenovo's are better for the higher end. Then again, there's something to be said about the Latitude design. Did I mention their 15.4" laptops get 4-5 hours battery life on a 6 cell? Smaller laptops last even longer.

HP- So now a company whose batteries last 2-3 hours. Their laptops are also heavy, but for some reason HP's are prevalent because they are sold in every Bestbuy, Staples, Circuit City, and other chain store in America. You can get pretty good rebate deals on them, but they are as-is and as I said, weight and battery suck- two of the more important laptop features.

Sony- Flip a coin, heads you get a decent laptop. Tails you get a piece of **** that breaks after one month. And no matter what your battery is ****. Sony's only good feature are their screens, and I guess you can get something that looks like a Mac for cheaper, though it's cheaper all-around.

Acer- Needs a shout-out for being the cheapest laptop company out there, but I haven't heard anything about their laptops. The price made them look too risky for me to consider, but maybe they weren't as cheap as they looked.

Toshiba (EDIT): Forgot all about them, they are also sold in stores like HP. But I don't know enough about them other than that they look heavy.

Apple- I never understood the fascination with paying 50% more for the same power in terms of components, but if you have the money for it, subscribe to fads, and want a machine that probably won't let you down (unless you like video games) it might be a good choice.

I'm not covering Alienware and stuff, I have no idea how good their laptops are. They are expensive though, and if you want something for that level of gaming I don't understand why you wouldn't save money and get more frame-rates on a gaming desktop. Also, how the hell do you play w/o a docking station is beyond me.

Dont forget Asus!! Man the eeepc's are freaking slick! and the new S101 that is coming out/is out really needs to be brought to light!

I am a hard core Thinkpad fan. Nothing will separate me from my T42. Case and point. My video slowly started dying, it was artifacting, and making it tough to use especially the minor gaming that it does. One day it simply died, the computer turned on but the screen was 100% F***** LOL Not wanting to part with it i ordered a new motherboard off ebay ($120) and replaced the mobo in the laptop myself (a story with pics i will have to post sometime) and long behold it works and are using it to type this up. IBM ( i dont know about lenovo now) is the only company that i know of that has full detailed spec sheets and instructions on how to take the entire laptop apart, replace parts, anything a service tech would use, on thier site. THATS PRETTY FREAKING AWESOME!! I cant really speak for lenovo yet, as my laptop was one of the last true IBM computers.
My next upgrade will most deff. be the lenovo x300, that is my dream laptop!!

As far as dell goes, they would probably be the best overall choice for laptops, easy to purchase and obtain with no real hidden strings. They are the ones that I recommend to most family and friends for the mere simpleness of them. LOL

HP - HAHHA no thanks

Sony - O M G!! Biggest rip ever!!! You are paying 99% for the name and .5% for crap and .5% for.... Though thier laptops do look cool, thats it!!!!!!

I cant really comment about the others, as i havent had much experience with em. But if you are going to get a laptop, that isnt solely for gaming, penny up and get a Thinkpad! Grade A!

BTW, dont believe me.... type on a thinkpad for a while....you'll never go back!

Acer's a good company. I believe they originated from Taiwan. I have a 2 year old Acer Aspire 5601 with 2GB RAM compared to the stock 512MB and it's great. We used to use it at least 5 times a week converting videos, and now only I use it for school and going out for trips. However, the battery is still in great condition and together with NHC, it should be able to last around 4 hours when I watch movies or drama on it. The screen for my 5601 is very good. The only complaint I got is that it comes with lots of bloatware, and that the speakers are not loud enough nor have enough bass. However, my friend has one of the newer 59XX series and the speakers are very good. I prefer her Acer over my cousin's Compaq.

Asus is an excellent company. My friend has a G1S laptop and it's an excellent laptop. Only complaint I got from the time that I got to use the laptop is that the power supply is HOT, and the battery is only a 6 cell battery.

Thinkpads are awesome, but a bit expensive compared to the Dell. I don't really use my laptop for anything other than school, which is mostly office and browsing. I did load an emulator on there though, classmates find it hilarious when I play super mario in the middle of lecture.

think pads are awesome, use one at work