I love my little HP, I know you guys are saying they have bad service but you see... I do my own service on my laptop. xP
One way to do it. But when you start getting motherboard and BIOS load problems, then its on a one way trip to HP crappy service. =P
My teacher in high school absolutely hated HP. He lives like down the street from its main office/tech support building, and one day, his wife's desktop went to hell. Guess what? Can't bring it directly to the service center there.
Had to send for UPS, pay 30 dollars to send it DOWN THE STREET for a repair.
I find that buying laptops, go with some luck. Other people have had problems with some laptops, yet others use it perfectly with the same model. I stick to OEMS that design other electronics other than computers, which can help make a decision.
As for Apple? I never liked the Mac OS, looks pretty, but can't do much for me (I'm not into graphics design or music design). If I wanted to run the Mac OS system, then VMWare is one click away. (Virtual boot system)
@ Paradox
I DON'T WANNA COMPARE THE SIZE OF OUR HARD DRIVES AND/OR RAM!