[RESOLVED] Who makes the best laptop/Easiest to Repair

[jza734]

I don't know if this has been posted before or not. I work on laptops alot, being certified in just about all major manufactures's types. I am asking of anyone who works on them on a daily basis, which is your favorite? My 2 cents opinion is IBM. Let us know!

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[captpackrat]

I've never tried opening it, but for ease of replacing parts, my Sony VAIO laptop was probably one of the best. The CD-ROM, Floppy, hard drive, and battery all just popped out, no screws required, the RAM and a few other parts were behind unscrewable panels, and the keyboard folded up and out by releasing a couple clips.

The older IBM's were great too. I had one that you just throw a couple levers on the side, the keyboard lifts up like the hood of your car, and the guts are right there underneath. Couldn't get any simpler.

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[Rocinante]

Dont suppose you have an old IBM thinkpad keyboard.

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on tonights menu - special fried bios

[CREEPINGDEATH]

oh yeah that reminds me could someone please respond to my post in the laptop forum?


oh and i appreciate your captpackrat

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What Me Worry?

[This message has been edited by CREEPINGDEATH (edited February 13, 2001).]

[Damned Angel]

Since I'm certified and never have any headaches servicing them..my vote goes to Toshiba.

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If it aint broke......use a bigger hammer

[A DoG NaMeD SpoT]

I would have to agree with the IBM Thinkpad. Keyboard pops up, stuff pops out. The thing I don't like is replacing a hard drive with a 'normal' one. taking apart that lil casing is a pain sometimes

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[MAYHEM]

I have a Compaq Notebook 100 right now, MAJOR pain in the ***. Can't upgrade the memory at all, and it took two hrs to get tothe HDDto replace it. I have seen some of the Gateways and Dells that I really liked.
The Dells that my buddies company is using are amazing. Two removable drive bays (one for HDD's) the other supports Hdd, CD-ROM/DVD/CD-RW or a second battery pack amongst other things and will handle up to 512MB ram. Iwant one bad.

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[slkdprk]

My tandy 3800 HD is pretty easy to work on. And after I added the heatsink it can actually install DOS without locking up.
/SLk

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[MrEnigma]

I'd have to go against toshiba, just because the company I used to work with had horrible luck with them. We then tried the gateway solo's and also were not very impressed. As it stands I probably would order a Dell first, second choice would be a Sony. Neighbor has a dell laptop, runs all 24/7, never has any problems with it, plus I like Dell. Anyhow just my .02.

[Jallentino]

Every manufacturer makes a high end and a low end unit. I like IBM and Toshiba, but if you buy the cheapo model with their name on it, well, you get what you pay for.

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[jrwilson]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jallentino:
Every manufacturer makes a high end and a low end unit. I like IBM and Toshiba, but if you buy the cheapo model with their name on it, well, you get what you pay for.

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ditto here...my company issued GW solo is crap, piled on junk, stuffed with S$%^

avoid at all costs!!

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[CobraTekMax]

Best = IBM
Worst = Compaq

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Those who can't, supervise.
Those who can't supervise, own the %&^#$@$(* company.

[jimmr13]

God I hate lap tops ! But for me the best are IBM, or Toshiba, the worst compaq!
But that is just an opinion !

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[TipTap]

Where do Gateways come in this? I heard they were pretty bad.

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[cyberhh]

I would have to say that any quality laptop is easy to work on - dell, compaq LTE and armada, tochiba, sony, ibm you get what you pay for.

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