2011 Best Laptop Brands
Need a new laptop? Having trouble figuring out which laptop brands are the best? That’s not surprising. There’s more laptop brands out there than ever these days, so it’s hard to know which ones are worth spending your money on.
To help make you task a little easier and point you in the direction, here is a quick rundown of the five of the most popular laptop brands and why they are so popular.
Apple
As with all Apple products, Apple laptops are very distinct. For design and innovation, Apple does not have many competitors. Software packages provided on Macbook Macbook Air and Macbook Pro’s offer all sorts of goodies such as photo and video editing, iChat, iCal, Photo Booth and Time Machine backup software.
Lenovo
Lenovo laptops score highly for being very comfortable to use. Typing feels easily and effortless on the Lenovo concave keys which give a strong tactile feedback to make typing a breeze. As well as the keyboards, Lenovo pays close attention to touchpads and buttons to make them as user-friendly as possible. The speed of Lenovo laptops is ever increasing, with some models coming close to a 10 second boot up time.
HP
HP have a good range of attractive and well-performing laptops. HP are known for offering very favourable prices, and represent excellent value for money for budget buyers. To add even more value, HP allow you to customise their laptops before you buy them.
HP MediaSmart is a welcome inclusion to HP laptops, and provides plenty of fun in the form of photo/video editing, and music and DVD options.
Sony
Sony are known for the flashy, creative and colourful laptop designs. Their uniquely designed laptops fall into the premium end of the market and tend to be more expensive than other brands. There are plenty of customisation options available from Sony. They offer configure-to-order options on six of their top models.
Toshiba
Their attractive designs and impressive ergonomics make Toshiba another of the most favoured laptop brands. Toshiba software included many useful features such as Bulletin Board for managing photos, Eco Utility for checking how much power you are using, and Reeltime for navigating through files you have recently opened.
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