recomendations for a bullitproof laptop

Knarf44

I'd go along with Gunjack's older Thinkpad recommendations and would add in Dell's Vostro series which are well worth looking at in terms of reliability and robustness.

citykid5

thanks all for the recomendations,going to check them all out on ebay.
citykid

Notmyrealname

smos585 wrote: »

May I express surprise that some regulars are proposing Toshiba ahead of Vaio and Samsung Laptops which IMO are the better made laptops along with macbooks? I am referring to new rather than 2ndhand (although Sony/Samsung 2nd hand laptops are also better built than most laptops sold by PCW etc)

I repair them for a living. Whilst the Vaios and Samsungs are better made than a lot of the PC World specials, they're not even in the same league as the business class ones, especially the batteries.

As regards the Thinkpad T series, you can drive a truck over a T60 or T61.

GunJack

Notmyrealname wrote: »

As regards the Thinkpad T series, you can drive a truck over a T60 or T61.

true, and slightly newer than the T4x series

chib

I'm planning on buying an i7 MacBook Pro later this year, big discounts to be had using the Apple Refurbished site - they come in new casings and have a full warranty too.

Notmyrealname

chib wrote: »

I'm planning on buying an i7 MacBook Pro later this year, big discounts to be had using the Apple Refurbished site - they come in new casings and have a full warranty too.

I'd love to know why they put new casings on. Mine has been kicked around the floor, dropped 3ft and landed like /\ several times and generally been misused and abused for nearly 3 years I've had it. Other than a few light scratches on the base and a small 2mm mark on the lid and the worn keyboard (letters still all there though) the thing looks great when I clean it. If I spent £30 on a new keyboard and another £30 on a new base, other than the small mark on the lid it'd look like a new one.

Mr_Toad

Notmyrealname wrote: »

I'd love to know why they put new casings on. Mine has been kicked around the floor, dropped 3ft and landed like /\ several times and generally been misused and abused for nearly 3 years I've had it. Other than a few light scratches on the base and a small 2mm mark on the lid and the worn keyboard (letters still all there though) the thing looks great when I clean it. If I spent £30 on a new keyboard and another £30 on a new base, other than the small mark on the lid it'd look like a new one.

Mine looks a bit lived in too

I also agree with Gunjack about the Lenovo, I've got a company provided T4X and it's a great workhorse.