IBM and Compaq for the brand name
Gateway cos it's cheap i guess
Dell cos it'll break-down, which will be fun (personal experience)
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IBM's own all laptops, except if you're an extreme gamer and have the money for an Alienware laptop, defitnitely go with an IBM Thinkpad, although i only have a T20 its so great. i run Win2kPro on it and it never crashes, decent speed, and very durable. just my thoughts...