Which one to get?

[-zina-]

Dear computer gorou, Can you kindly advise me on which brand to buy? I am living Japan for good and my PC is 4 years old. I need to get new one to take back to Europe but I am confused since there are so many brands. I have used Sony Vio and Toshiba so far. Which brand is widely used in EU especially in France so that I will have no problem using the warranty to repair it if I need to?

Highly appreciate your help and sincere adviceļ

[phylay]

Any Brand is ok...Try to avoid exotic ones
I dislike Sony laptops coz they have many proprietary features and they stick you to them when buying any other related products...

[-zina-]

Phylay, thank you!Would you elaborate on those exotic brands? What do you mean?

I don’t think they have agent for Sharp, Panasonic, lets note, Sotec, NEC, HP and the list goes on and on.

I spend days in Akihabara(B E C on Earth) checking the latest lap tops, it is mind boggling

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Originally posted by -zina-
Dear computer gorou, Can you kindly advise me on which brand to buy? I am living Japan for good and my PC is 4 years old. I need to get new one to take back to Europe but I am confused since there are so many brands. I have used Sony Vio and Toshiba so far. Which brand is widely used in EU especially in France so that I will have no problem using the warranty to repair it if I need to?

Highly appreciate your help and sincere adviceļ

Hi Zina
HP are in top
DELL are becoming very popular
But IBM remain strong

Ciao

[RedaDZ]

Hi Zina
HP are in top
DELL are becoming very popular
But IBM remain strong

Ciao
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Hi everyone,

Why are u focusing on american products, are u pro Bushist? There are a loads of better materials out there in the market today.
And in anyway u don't evaluate the PC or a Laptop by its brand, we evaluate it by its COMPONENTS(Processor, Chipsets, RAM And OS, etc....)

So, if u want to get a good laptop, check first the components its made of first, then which software are already installed on it, then the "after buying services" and support u can get from the retailer or the manufacturer.

I recommend u to read this book to understand more about buying a PC before u get into it(If its not too late)
"Buying a computer for Dummies" its a good one to start of if u r a first time PC buyer.
You don't have to read it all, just read the Chapters that interest you.

http://rapidshare.de/files/8017386/W...ition.rar.html


RedaDZ
PS: Sorry if I can't reply again as I am not connected these days very often.
Salam


[Edited by RedaDZ on 23rd November 2005 at 08:20]