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Re: What brand Laptop to get? Hello everyone, thank you for the info. I have considered most of the options listed. I should have been more clear as to why I was asking dell or HP, I have compared several types and the price range has been close with both, about 1500 with the added options so on. The reason I ask about which to go with is that I plan to finance it, and I have open accounts with both companys. So I should have asked what of the 2, seem to have the least problems with laptops, repairs, service?
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| said by Monolith: So I should have asked what of the 2, seem to have the least problems with laptops, repairs, service? Not being funny, but flip a coin.
gugarci is correct in that you may well do better with a more specialized reseller...however, pound for pound, you will also pay more for similar features. Nothing wrong with that, it is the price you pay for more personalized service.
HP and Dell are pretty much on par with all the other major brands. Model by model, they are all so close in features and cost, cutting everything to the bone to be competitive, that there is not much margin left for truly detailed warranty/tech support type service. That is what happens when notebooks are no longer $2K to $3K purchases! In fact, the average price point for notebooks now days is far closer to $600 - $800, leaving little extra to pay for quality support.
I guess I am like everybody else...I wish that I could get better tech support, and yet I am looking to spend as little, to get as much as I can... 
As you are looking to buy on credit (do keep in mind what that does to the real cost of that notebook!), and HP and Dell are the choices? I would see which offers the features that I want at the best price, and if that is not much of a difference, then which offers better credit terms, and of that is not much of a difference...well, hell, which one looks nicer to you?
I honestly think that there will be very little substantial difference to pick from.
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