Computer newbies forum: Is SONY still a good brand for a laptop?

No real reason to NOT get another SONY, except that it's rather fallen off of the "charts" of Tech Editors; they mention MacBook and loads of Acer machines, no SONY or even Toshiba. That's why I came here, to see if SONY's quality has gone downhill since my last purchase in 2006.

One laptop maker to avoid is HP to include Compaq. Yes, they can have good PCs but it seems you need luck at times. I exclude higher end models but then again, laptops are specific to what they do when brought and sometimes that's not a good match. For whatever reason you buy the laptop for be sure it has what you "need" as buying anything later for it may not be a good idea. I exclude any so-called gamer or gee-whiz laptops, they are too hot to cool or designed for hi-output but may suffer for lack of a better term somewhere to achieve this. I have found IBM and Acer laptops to typically deliver the goods. If you like visit a laptop support website and find a model# you liked then see in their support forums or google for "repair hits" or topic openly discussed. Two brands you mat not see often enough but seem very good are Fujitsu and Panasonic, look them over. You will find AMD based laptops just as good as Intel, but one or the other will have a problem cpu or appear so due to chipset, do not take anything for granted. Laptops are harder to cool even with a cooler involved, so any hi-perf. type setups may become problematic over time.

tada -----Willy