Wetts1012;212440 wroteI just got (~3 mo ago) a 17 HP for about 750 and love it.
I never really trust anything but HP for whatever reason.
Have one for about a year.....only ever two problems....the sound cuts out for some reason (usually after about an hour or so of playing)....being anti-tech, I just restart at the breaks rather than try to figure out the problem.
Oh, and if said laptop is on the coffee table, and I lose a big pot and bang the table in 'just got donk'd' fashion, it will turn off, if the bang is too big (hit the couch instead IMO).
That being said, I think I'd stick to HP if I was buying again.