What laptop brands are best?

[TaraJo]

Just a thought, are you sure you need a laptop vs. a tablet? If you haven't tried a tablet, you might want to and see if it meets your needs.

For what I want, I can't imagine a tablet really working for me. I want to use it for 'work' (which means hooking up a decent webcam and getting guys to pay me to take my clothes off for them), typing notes in class and some gaming (still undecided whether or not I want to get back into WoW, or when). At very least I'd need a keyboard and, well, I'd probably need to fight my boyfriend away from it since he's lusted after a tablet computer for a while now.

Don't get Dell.

Heh. My current laptop is a Dell. The only long term problem it's had is with the touchpad, but since that always kept jumping around while I'm typing, I keep it turned off almost all the time anyway, so it hasn't been a big deal.

Then things changed about a month or so ago. Little things started going wrong here and there. Nothing I could get signs that I'm going to have problems soon. And since my warranty is up as of...... here pretty soon, I won't be able to cover it. I got it for cheap, so I guess I got my money's worth.

Are you determined it be a laptop? Desktops don't really need replacing if you have a big case with alot of airflow.

Yeah, but it's hard to take my desktop to class to take notes. Honestly, I'd probably go with a desktop otherwise. I don't know how to put new parts in but I can probably figure it out without much trouble.

Have you considered Apple?

I have and I may go that way. It's more expensive, but I'm a little worried about issues with software compatibility, especially with work. Plus, they're a little pricier than what I'm looking at. I may have to find out just how well they really hold up. As much as it may cost more up front, if I had gotten it 2 years ago instead of this Dell, I would have saved money.