Best & Worst Laptop Brands 2015

[E Bell]

I thought this article was interesting: http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptop-brand-ratings and thought I would post here to see if others had opinions regarding the ratings and also to throw up a little poll:

 

[gunslinger]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and bet on this forum Lenovo or AUSUS will rate number one. On any non-tech forum Apple by a land slide. The worst IMO is a tie between HP and Acer. Close to 90% of the hardware failures that come into the shop are HP, Acer or Dell with the first two making up the majority.

 

[phaZed]

A hereby object to the provided graphs and point system at Laptop Mag. Dell as Number 2? WTF? MSI POS's at 4th place?

Well, considering that Laptop Mag is a Tom's Guide company and accepts money for favorable reviews... this shouldn't be trusted. Also, if you start delving into where they are getting their "Tech Support" reviews and everything else... from themselves and their own prior-written hearsay articles... well, that just doesn't bode well.

Also, just because you see more HP, Acer or Dell repairs may simply point to the fact that most people own those machines, hence, that's what you see most for repair.

Dell!? Number 2? Huh!? Cheapest POS's I had all last year!

 

[frase]

HP hinge design are a piece of crap - Asus awesome

 

[acs]

I always go for Lenovo or Acer myself. Apple too expensive for most people.

 

[Martyn]

Yes Lenovo, Apply, Toshiba would be at the top of my list. HP would be bottom

 

[Davena]

Techiness aside- I have been snapping PC systems together since 1990 so take my opinion for what it's worth. LOL

Sticking my neck out here but I have to say since purchasing my new MacBook Pro (15 inch display) two weeks ago - I am really liking it.

It's fast, the display is unbeatable and the design is lightweight yet sturdy. Also the platform is slick. Having picked up two manufacturing companies that use exclusively Mac networks it was time for me to submit to the Apple Matrix just a bit and acknowledge their large roles in my area. Noticing that once I moved to a more well heeled (not really- but more disposable income) county - the Apple repairs and requests are really in the rise at my shop.

On my desk I have two systems - Lenovo LT hooked up to an external monitor and the MacBook Pro. I work on both all day - this is the setup that works for me.

 

[mr m]

I have 3 brands that I recommend so I couldn't vote. Dell, HP or Lenovo for one simple reason. They all provide service manuals on line. The rest of the clowns don't and I'm always wasting time scouring the Net for tech info.

The consumer grade stuff is all made cheap because that is what they demand and that is what they get. The business class notebooks are in another league when it comes to reliability and the quality of the components.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Also depends on what market you focus on.....
We focus on business only, so 90% of the laptops we work on are business models....Lenovo Thinkpads are our top choice. Dell Latitude and Precision. Pana Toughbooks. Some Acer business grade laptops, some Toshis, some Asus models.

Years ago Compaq Armada's were very good biz models also. Although we love HP servers and biz desktops, we don't like their laptops.

Anyone know who makes the current Apple laptops? Asus used to be the ODM.

Anyways....Lenovo Thinkpads is my top vote. I dream of the Carbon X1 !

 

[nlinecomputers]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and bet on this forum Lenovo or AUSUS will rate number one. On any non-tech forum Apple by a land slide. The worst IMO is a tie between HP and Acer. Close to 90% of the hardware failures that come into the shop are HP, Acer or Dell with the first two making up the majority.

Apple makes good products but being that it runs it's own unique OS it really is hard to make it true side by side comparison. For my line of work all most all of my clients use LOB apps for which there s NO OS X version. SO it doesn't really matter how good it is for it can't be considered at all.

 

[AndyM]

Not sure whether the graphic is for consumer or business. No surprises that Apple is top of the pile, but Dell, HP, MSI and Samsung beating Lenovo? Not in business grade! Really don't like consumer grade laptops, and refuse to sell them. They are too expensive for my taste - I WILL see them coming back!

Although we love HP servers and biz desktops, we don't like their laptops.

Agree totally. Won't touch HP laptops at all. Desktops, servers - brilliant

Anyways....Lenovo Thinkpads is my top vote. I dream of the Carbon X1 !

I've heard too many failure stories of the X1. Will wait for an X2 to come out.

At a recent event with Lenovo, they were giving out freebies. I asked for an X1, but they said 'No.' Wouldn't have minded a free one

Andy

 

[NYJimbo]

Without a doubt, from a repair techs perspective, HP makes some of the worst laptops out there.

 

[Markverhyden]

I tend to have a problem when these comparisons are made and Apple is included. As far as I'm concerned they do not sell cheap, cr@ppy machines. Their lowest priced machines are still great quality so it's not really a fair comparison to throw them into the same pool with companies that also have a lot of Wally World quality machines in their product lines. I think if Apple also participated in that segment I'd bet that things might look a little different.

 

[altrenda]

I wish after all these years of copying Apple designs that I could find a Windows machine with a trackpad that came even close to what's on the MacBook Pro. i would buy one in an instant.

And I can't remember the last one I had with a broken hinge.

 

[gunslinger]

I wish after all these years of copying Apple designs that I could find a Windows machine with a trackpad that came even close to what's on the MacBook Pro. i would buy one in an instant.

And I can't remember the last one I had with a broken hinge.

The new Chrome books are damn near a direct clone of the MacBook Pro design. Not sure about the quality because I have only laid hands on one briefly.

 

[phaZed]

The new Chrome books are damn near a direct clone of the MacBook Pro design. Not sure about the quality because I have only laid hands on one briefly.

Sorry, I'm a stickler for details. the trackpad on Macbooks were not designed by Apple, they were designed and sold by Cypress as a packaged solution. The same quality and design Cypress trackpads can be found in some Dell's, Acer, Asus, etc... the Trackpad is Cypress's and they can sell trackpads to whom they please.

 

[Markverhyden]

The new Chrome books are damn near a direct clone of the MacBook Pro design. Not sure about the quality because I have only laid hands on one briefly.

And not just in the laptop category. Back in 2012 HP tried floating an iMac look alike but it never really caught on.

 

[altrenda]

Sorry, I'm a stickler for details. the trackpad on Macbooks were not designed by Apple, they were designed and sold by Cypress as a packaged solution. The same quality and design Cypress trackpads can be found in some Dell's, Acer, Asus, etc... the Trackpad is Cypress's and they can sell trackpads to whom they please.

The problems with the Cypress or Synaptics glass touchpads is the Windows drivers. They only put the glass trackpads on the higher end models and the operation is still not up to the one on the MacBook., although MS is trying to make the drivers better.

For example, I recommend the XPS 13 as an alternate to the Macbook Air, about $100 cheaper and a pretty good trackpad, almost there.

 

[phaZed]

The problems with the Cypress or Synaptics glass touchpads is the Windows drivers. They only put the glass trackpads on the higher end models and the operation is still not up to the one on the MacBook., although MS is trying to make the drivers better.

For example, I recommend the XPS 13 as an alternate to the Macbook Air, about $100 cheaper and a pretty good trackpad, almost there.

Agreed.

 

[glricht]

The problem with most of these types of comparisons is that they don't differentiate between a manufacturer's residential line of machines and small-business line of machines. Many of the residential line PCs (e.g. Walmart, office supply stores) have low-quality parts, design and durability and therefore don't hold up well. However, small-business line machines are usually a step-up in these same categories.