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On 15/06/11 20:43, Roland Tarver wrote: > > I have a decent (read expensive - Â1100) HP laptop. I question the > build quality. Some of the casing does not seem to fit perfectly > together, as I would expect. Also the DVD drives feels really > "flimsey". Mum's very old Packard bell machine appears to be built to > a far higher standard. HP also shipped GNU/Linux laptops which had bits without working drivers. I think we can safely say HP have dropped from their high point of Engineering Excellence, at least in the Laptop arena. > If I were to buy a new laptop i think i wud look at tosh or asus. Note > that I am not confusing acer with asus. lol ;-) I might look at a > think pad too - after seeing Rhia's! > > Others will no doubt think and act differently... :-) Thanks for the link to the report, I was surprised the figures were that starkly different by manufacturer. Leaving Acer as below average but a fair way from bottom on reliability, which sounds plausible given they do aim at the lower end of the market with a lot of their products. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq