(September 23, 2012 at 8:53 pm)Annik Wrote: Don't get Dell. I previously owned a Dell laptop (much to my shame) and it was a nightmare to own. My battery had died after one year in, I had to buy 2 chargers for the damn thing because they broke down so easily and it could barely handle running Minecraft (although I'll admit to that being some ignorance as to how judge good computer specs at the time).
Sadly, I'm not as well informed about good laptop brands.
I bought my Mac Book Pro just over three years ago with a three year warranty. I brought it in this summer in the last week of that warranty and was given a new battery along with whatever else they did for it. I stopped using my old works station long ago and recently gave it to my niece. It wasn't cheap but it has had no glitches so far and with free battery I'd have to say its been a pretty fair value.