I talked to my engineer friend when I was in the market for a laptop. He recommended HP so thats what I got. He said to stay away from Dell and Gateway. This guy is a technical wiz so I went with what he said. I've been very happy with my laptop. Its just a simple HP Pavillion, one of the lower end models since I just use it for internet and nothing else really.

It all depends on what you want to do with it. For awhile I was really into creating graphics so I was gonna get a Mac. But that passion kinda faded. For basic internet browsing and such, my HP is perfect. I do watch videos online a lot and it handles that great.

What are you looking to do with your new computer?