Dell, HP, Compaq and IBM. As reliability goes they are all about equal. These are what I recommend for most of my clientele. They also offer a good amount of customer support. Another consideration in a purchase. I've not seen much downtime lately in any of these units.
Quote from SethArb:
what brand HP ?
my post was not asking what to buy
but how reliable and solid the current
name brand PC notebooks are in terms
of customer service and runtime vs downtime
since they all seem to be offering $400-1000
laptops now with 14-15 1/2 inch screens
running windows XP
