I have Acer.

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Sony_VA...0.html?tag=nav

i just bought that one... love it.

I love my Sony

I have two HP laptops, and have done some hard traveling with both. One had the power supply go out on it. Known issue for that model, and also broke a hinge on the screen. Other than that both are great machines, and still running strong after 3 years of traveling.

The battery on them is not that great.

My first choice is macbook. I've used sony's gear, usally sligtly more $$ then anything else, but decent quality. I'd get Sony over hp or dell. I used to like IBM, but I've been hearing bad things about then since they became lenovo.

I had the HP widescreen one, it was nice but was too bukly to travel with all the time

Thanks for the tip, Matt :)

Heh, you don't look like an idiot, you're hanging with two hotties!

Oh yeah?

Well, to be honest, I havent dealt much with Mac long enough to truly see whether or not it would be right for me. I've used it a couple times and I think I had problems with it because I wasnt used to it. Hmm.

MacBook is the best solution

50........... :arcadefre

i'm on my little Vaio right now, Love this thing!! :thumbsup

panasonic toughbook, ive beat the shit out of it and its still going strong! :2 cents:

I got a sony. I actually called Twinkley when in the store buying it to see what she prefered. And now I got a vaio. :)

I just got sucked into buying a 17" macbook pro. Hope it's worth it. Definately hurt my bank account. ;/

I don't have any experience on HP laptops and If you do not like Dell then go with the Sony Vaio.

I just bought three of those HP's you listed (the Intel versions) and haven't had any problems with any of them... Well except for a problem recovering from S3 once in a blue moon, but I've had this happen on all kinds of laptops I've had, not just HP's (I suspect it's a MS problem). My current laptops run for about 4hrs when the screen at minimum luminosity. HD and memory are easily upgradeable, and keyboard is easily cleanable if you're the type who likes to take shit apart. Then again if you have the tools, any laptop is equally disassemblable.

I guess my only real gripe with these 'books is the lack of physical recovery CD's. The way HPaq does it now is they create a seperate 9GB partition that's used in lieu of recovery CD's. You can phone into tech support and request CD's if you want (you gotta cover S+H though I think). Plus the packaged suite of office utilities (MS Office) is only a 60-day trial instead of being the real deal copy. I think this is a trend that most of the big vendors are moving toward to meet those ever diminishing price points.

So I guess in summary of the HP dv1000-series 'books, I'd rate them as follows:

Size: 8 (I'm not sure if I like or dislike the taper in thickness as the laptop is measured from back to front. Still very slim 'book)
Weight: 8 (pretty damn light.. only way I can imagine it getting any lighter is by going with LiPolymer vs. LiIon batteries -- and I'm not even sure if that would make any difference. Any battery gearheads?).
Ergonomics: 8 (about what you'd expect from a laptop... might have to adjust your typing style to avoid accidentally moving the cursor with the touchpad)
Battery life: 8 (I get about 4hrs just surfing the net, watching TV, and acting like an internet tuff guy on the message boards :D)
Bang for the buck: 9 (At around $1500 before any rebates, it's way cheaper than the Sony with all the performance).

Did you buy something yet?

And unless you're into restarting your computer, system failures, viruses, and installing drivers all day long, instead of doing work, Mac might be something to look at.

I don't thinks so...

thanks for all the input guys...I believe i'm gonna go with the Sony Vaio though. I'll post pics when I get it this week :)

Well i dropped a bottle of beer on one. Not Toshibas fault. I had it for a few years and was still doing great before the beer accident. Then i bought a couple of more, one for myself, one for my husband, both still doing great :)

You should get a Toshiba, they are the best for laptops. Dell is good for towers only.

Mac or Sony for me. :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

I've had 4 Dell's starting with a 486 over the past 12+ years and they are all still working fine. I haul them around the world and abuse them regularly. I had to change the battery on my current laptop when its life became shorter than I could tolerate after a couple of years of daily use. If I get another, it will be a Dell Inspiron or maybe a 1700 or 1710 if I got the cash laying around.... Good luck with whatever you choose.