Toshiba has a good rating here in USA, and I own two of them. My HP was a boat anchor I GAVE AWAY when the mother board died at 3 years (just after the extended warranty.) I'd had nothing but trouble with it anyway, and with it went the last desk top I'll ever own

Any computer can be made well, and any computer can have components that break down. But the biggest capacity you can, even if you only have small projects and programs...it will run faster that way... and fast is soooo nice. (Which is why I'll never do dial up again too!)