Buying a new Laptop, Opinions?

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

Or just get a Windows machine and avoid the annoyance. :P

I've really been enjoying my Sony Vaio that I got last semester. It looks really nice, it's very sturdy, and I've never had a problem out of it.

That being said, I had a really really horrible experience with my last laptop, which was an HP. It was manufactured with a flaw in the motherboard which caused it to overheat and destroy the wireless capabilities and caused the video to stop working. The problem was so widespread that they actually issued a recall. However, upon sending the machine back, they tried to tell me that there was a liquid spill inside the machine and that they would not fix it for free.

I ended up arguing with them for a few days (I even found links online from other people they had sold the exact same story to), and they fixed it.

However, upon fixing it, the only "change" they make to prevent the problem from occurring in the future is to change a setting in the BIOS which caused the fan to spin more.

The computer failed again about 6 months later from the same issue, and I bought a Vaio.

Also, if you're going to be using that machine to play video games or run high end computer aided design software, your video card will be the bottle neck since you have shared memory and not dedicated.

If you have the cash I would probably go for the accidental warranty...just for peace of mind.

Annoyance? I'd rather go through the "annoyance" of installing Windows on a mac than go through what you did.

I like both macs and pcs, but the reliability of a macbook cannot be beat - especially when you're on the go.