Need a good QUALITY laptop (pc not mac) Where do I start?

[davephillyj]

Looking for something that will last. I tried the HP from Walmart and had nothing but problems till the motherboard fried at 16 months. I need a deal, want to stay as close to $500 as possible. Thanks for your help!

[laddhorn]

http://www.frys.com/product/7533276?site=sa:adpages%20page:P2_FRI%20date:030813 $448 through Thursday.

 

I've had my Acer with about the same specs for about a year now. No problems at all. If you have a Fry's Electronics locally, you can take a look too.

[peppysfireball]

I buy nothing buy Dell, When I have a problem if they can't diagnose on the phone, a tech is at my house the next day. I have tried others, and got so mad I threw the phone. Dell is the only one with A1 customer service. THey came to my house twice this year and put a motherboard in my computer the first time and a new ethernet port in the second time. the tech didn't believe it was the ethernet port although I told him my internet provider said it was since they gave me 3 new routers and I still had internet service only sporadically. Since it worked wihile the tech was here, he refused to replace it. A week later and 3 more calls to Dell, he was ordered to return and I told him he was replacing it whether he liked it or not since my internet provider obviously new more than he did. Apparently a lightning strike can knock them loose. He didn't believe it at first. He was proven wrong.

[angleyez423]

I used to be very pro Asus, but I don't know what they are doing different lately, we've had 3 go out on us in 2 years. Hard drive in 2 and battery/power issues on all 3. One stopped accepting power in the first week! The other 2 the batteries went out (same 2 the hard drives fried on).