Gartner perhaps?

On reflection they may not do free AV consumer assessment as is free and consumer but they do have figures on laptop warranty repair rates by brand etc

RussS wrote:many of the laptop manufacturers use it on their high end business machines because they are cheap

Fixed that for you

Not really benw - the cost difference of an nVidia chip and an Intel chip to a motherboard manufacturer is miniscule.

geez ... stop messing about.
When shopping for a laptop there is only 1 place to go.
http://www.alienware.co.nz/
Get the MX17 .... there is no need for further discussion.
FTW

chuckie34 wrote:

ArjanH wrote:geez ... stop messing about.
When shopping for a laptop there is only 1 place to go.
http://www.alienware.co.nz/
Get the MX17 .... there is no need for further discussion.
FTW

Shit I love the look of those. Pity its a dell though.
Add a few xtra's and it over 10k, for a laptop?

As far as dell goes I have been using them for years as business machines (all lappies). Not a single problem on any of them and they get a hard life. Dell is not a bad option. Alienware machines are awesome. Have 1 here that I use as a gaming machine ... it runs every single game out there and comes back asking for more. The 17 inch screen is insane and the sound is bloody incredible for a laptop. Only complaint I would have about it is that as far as laptops goes it weighs about the same as the Titanic and its about the same size.
If you want a machine that does it all without complaints this is it. Yes its pricey but then so is anything when you start shopping at the upper limits of performance. Look at the price of an S-Works Tarmac compared to the normal Tarmac. IMHO

Oh and my one is now 2 years old and still runs all the games without even blinking.

Tugboat wrote:Why you shouldn't get a Mac... http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=32383

I have just brought a new laptop, prev ran windows XP and every anti virus software but AVG pissed me off big time. My new Dell Inspiron has Windows 7 which works great and has Norton Internet Security which hasn't caused any issues. Have had NIS, 360 and Nod and all were resource hungry monsters. I don't run Mac as most of the Sport Sci software I use (power meter analysis, game analysis, video analysis) are not supported. Judging by the above it seems clear I have made the right choice.

Fergie wrote:

Tugboat wrote:Why you shouldn't get a Mac... http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=32383

I have just brought a new laptop, prev ran windows XP and every anti virus software but AVG pissed me off big time. My new Dell Inspiron has Windows 7 which works great and has Norton Internet Security which hasn't caused any issues. Have had NIS, 360 and Nod and all were resource hungry monsters. I don't run Mac as most of the Sport Sci software I use (power meter analysis, game analysis, video analysis) are not supported. Judging by the above it seems clear I have made the right choice.

I think thats being abit harsh on the Mac's
They are great machines and I believe still the machine of choice of most of the video/image editing world.
Also my brother is an IT expert and still maintains that if the world suddenly moved to Mac's he would be out of a job.
Having said that ... I don't own one.

chuckie34 wrote:

VERT wrote:Brands I would stay clear from would be Toshiba - I just see so many of these break, businesses always seem to get these but they have high failure rates. I havent used a Sony but I hear they are good, I have owned an Asus - this was a very boring laptop

I fix laptops as a hobby, 80% of what I fix is dell/hp. toshiba and asus are the ones I see least of. One of the reasons of the high attrition rates in business laptops is that they have a much harder life than your average personal laptop. We all have our own opinions.

I read a survey recently saying Toshiba and Asus laptops are the most relible, with HP being the worst.

I've known a few people with Toshibas and they've had no probs with them and I got one recently and its been great so far.

ArjanH wrote:geez ... stop messing about.
When shopping for a laptop there is only 1 place to go.
http://www.alienware.co.nz/
Get the MX17 .... there is no need for further discussion.
FTW

Those are horrible. Like something a teenager would think looks cool.

ArjanH wrote:I think thats being abit harsh on the Mac's

Hey I respect a Mac users choices in life, I even have some friends who are Mac users. I just don't go to any Mac user parties or alternative cafes where Mac users hang out.

I have nothing against Mac's they just don't run the main software I use as a coach and because I am a poor student I can't afford one, SOB!!!

chuckie34 wrote:

thelivo wrote:That would be fine, IF the paid for versions were better than the free ones. In the past, they havent been. (actually, up until about a year ago, Norton especially caused your pc more problems than the viruses it was supposed to stop! Now, maybe. but look at the test results. They are all much of a muchness whether free or paid. SO therefore, free wins. Online storage is a different matter. There are lots of different solutions for this too.

So where would we find these results?

There are these wonderful new inventions called search engines
http://www.google.co.nz/search?rlz=1C1C ... comparison

ArjanH wrote:geez ... stop messing about.
When shopping for a laptop there is only 1 place to go.
http://www.alienware.co.nz/
Get the MX17 .... there is no need for further discussion.
FTW

They are sweet, great developer laptops. We've purchased a couple of MX 17's for our senior developers, one has the double video card option for giggles, probably a sin using those as development machines but they do compile stuff very quickly