Toshiba, Acer, or HP????

**Baldie559** · 08-21-2007, 12:04 PM

I need to get a laptop by this weekend for school and my local best buy, circuit city, and compusa have these brands on sale but I'm just wondering which brand is more well known and reliable? I think I'm more concerned of reliability than what it will have.

**TheMatt** · 08-22-2007, 07:56 AM

I would choose Acer over Toshiba and HP unless one of them was a really good deal.

**Baldie559** · 08-22-2007, 08:14 AM

Okay....which of these would you go with if they were the same price?

Acer with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 (15.4")
Toshiba with a T2060 Dual Core Processor (15.4")
Acer with an AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology MK-38 (14.1")

**TheMatt** · 08-22-2007, 08:26 AM

The first one.

kalkalasch · 08-22-2007, 10:19 AM

Acer is always chepest and is available at Costco, right next to the bag of 150 forzen chicken wings. I've had a Toshiba for the past three years and it has worked perfectly, even fixing my keyboard promptly when I claimed it stopped working on its own when it fact I had spilled Sprite all over it.

Haha.

**Baldie559** · 08-22-2007, 10:34 AM

Would the Acers above be better than the Toshiba listed?

**TheMatt** · 08-22-2007, 12:00 PM

The Core 2 Duo T2060 is pretty weak considering it has half the cache its supposed to, so I would definitely go with the first one listed.

08-21-2007, 12:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? I need to get a laptop by this weekend for school and my local best buy, circuit city, and compusa have these brands on sale but I'm just wondering which brand is more well known and reliable? I think I'm more concerned of reliability than what it will have.

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TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? I would choose Acer over Toshiba and HP unless one of them was a really good deal. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

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Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? Okay....which of these would you go with if they were the same price? Acer with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 (15.4") Toshiba with a T2060 Dual Core Processor (15.4") Acer with an AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology MK-38 (14.1")

08-22-2007, 08:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? The first one. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

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kalkalasch Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 34 OS: xp	Re: Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? Acer is always chepest and is available at Costco, right next to the bag of 150 forzen chicken wings. I've had a Toshiba for the past three years and it has worked perfectly, even fixing my keyboard promptly when I claimed it stopped working on its own when it fact I had spilled Sprite all over it. Haha.

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Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Toshiba, Acer, or HP???? Would the Acers above be better than the Toshiba listed?

08-22-2007, 12:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
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