The laptop I'm currently typing on I've had for about 3 years. It's a Sony Vaio which I love. The harddrive has been dying on me for the last couple of months so I've been researching new laptops and I haven't had a lot of luck finding one that has good reviews that fits my requirements (a lot packed into a light laptop - my Sony is 4.5lbs). I also have no desire to upgrade to Vista. This last weekend the harddrive on this thing crashed losing the last 6 weeks worth of data (yeah I know my own fault for not backing up more often). I researched some more and I ended up ordering a Lenova T60. It has some of the best reviews on CNet and other sites that I looked at, it's light (ligher than my current one) but it's not quite as packed as I'd like... and it comes with Windows XP loaded rather than Vista. It should be here in the next couple of days, hopefully I won't be dissapointed. I did (obviously) get this machine back up and running and I'm currently just running all files off of a portable harddrive.
As for the DELL comments. I've never had a Dell Laptop. Last I heard they didn't really build their own laptops, they are just re-branded. I can't remember who builds them (actually). I have owned 2 or 3 Dell PCs and my husband currently has a DELL laptop (which I'm not impressed by). I was happy with all of my DELL pcs but I have not been happy with their customer service since they outsourced it to India (just like everyone else).
I bought the Lenova through Compusa and I plan to buy their extended warranty as well, for the single reason that I can take it to the store for service rather than calling customer support. Chances are I'll never need it (I hope). I never once needed it on my Sony. I figure 3.5 years is a pretty good life for this laptop considering I use it constantly, I carry it around A LOT, I leave it in the car often. This thing has really taken a licking. The only reason I didn't buy another Vaio is because I couldn't find one that had XP on it... and the newer ones with Vista aren't getting very good reviews (although I have to wonder how much of that is just because of Vista).
Julie Niedermeier
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