Don’t know about mac. Had HP’s for the last 10-12 years without hardware issues. currently have 3 hps in my house and have a hp notebook that stands up to the abuse of a tractor trailer.
I guess mostly for web design stuff and photo’s. Its for a friend of mine, I personally hate mac. They want to pursue web design and want a new laptop for school.
Any specific brand other than HP good? I think they’re looking at a Sony one now, not sure which model, but its all white and costs about $1200 from BB.
Buy ANYWHERE but BB. They’ll dick you over on the warranty if something should go wrong, also, the PC’s they sell are spec’d differently than they advertise most of the time. (Uncle bought an Asus G1-S and it came with a Merimor T7200 instead of the advertised Santa Rosa T7500.)
As far as PC brands, HP, and Lenovo (Formerly IBM) are your two top choices.
As with any new PC, they’ll have their fair share of bloatware, however both HP and Lenovo aren’t too bad in comparison to others (Dell, Acer, eMachines, etc).
Cool, thanks.