Notebook comparisons

We have a corprate policy of Compaq or Dell. I go with Dell because the Compaq reseller started jerking us around. i.e. delaying orders and wanting last minute price changes, reconfiguring what we already submitte dp.o.s for etc. Also I don't like that Compaq seems to find it neccesary to continually change part numbers for everything they make on a monthly or more often basis.
Only compalint about Dell. Read teh warranty closely, you will see in there that they may use refurbished partsfor warranty repairs rather than new, I've had them go both ways on this and seems entirely a luck of the draw kind of thing. Nothing against the refurbished stuff, I haven't had any problems there, just I feel a whole lot more confident somethingsgonna work right when it isn't being fixed with used parts... As for HP, I've never worked anywhere that used anything other than thier printers. However I know a few people who have them for home systems (all non laptops) Again here I would say pay close attention to

Our company uses Dell and have had pretty good luck with them. They have been very good with replacement parts or just swapped the laptops completely.

Our company buys exclusively Dell boxes and I hate it. I see the Dell repairman WAY too often. My Dell laptop is okay, but at least 1 of 3 have had problems in our office.

Dell has been first class with solving the problems, though.

Dell ships laptops with Win NT, but doesn't support them with that operating system.

Due to my experiences at work, I wouldn't pay my hard earned cash for a Dell.

I haven't used Micron laptops, but I love their desktops.

Hope this helps!

Andy

Before you go to purchase any notebooks, there are couple of thing that need to take into the consideration. Nevertheless, the 1st. thing must look into it is the notebook quality and cost must be cheaper/reasonable. 2nd. the local technical supportand the availability of local wareahousing as well(make sure they are always have some spare parts around). In my company is commonly used this IBM notebook. So far, the support from them are okay.

We have used all the above and have now standardized on the Hp Omnibook, lotsa RAM, NT 4.0. DO NOT make the mistake of using cost as the only factor. With a notebook the most important issue is reliability. They get slammed around on planes, in cars, jammed in briefcases. The Omnibook has a 14" monitor, HAS NOT BROKEN. They are not the lightest but statistically they have been the longest lasting.

use IBM Laptop. They have pretty good models and they work absolutly fine

All the brands you mentioned have their pro's and con's just like with any technology. However from my own past experience I've done lots of work with Dell's and ran into very few problems with them. The last company I was with used nothing but IBM's and we had nothing but techs complaining about how bad of problems they had. Not much experience with HP's or Micron. I'd go with Dell myself.

For the corporate/personal notebooks category the answer is very easy, "DELL"

- Get from them a good credit limit
and start ordering online.

Why

- Good Product
- Good Price
- Good guarantee/service.
Only con's: delivery is not as fast as
some others brands.

For the ultralight subnotebook category,
there are several options but I personaly
the Sony VAIO, despide some problems with
the integrated modem.

Dell and IBM are the most predictable and consistent laptops on the market. The price is pretty good if you go with a dell reseller than straight from the factory also.