I'd prefer to avoid HP and Dell purely because we use both at work and (due no doubt to being exposed to lots of them) whenever I think of them I associate them with going wrong.
If I could get a Mac for the same price as a "normal" laptop then I would, however I fail to see why I should pay over the odds for hardware- even if it looks nice. I could also buy a Sony, for slightly less over the odds, and feel less like Steve Jobs had just robbed me.
I'd prefer to avoid HP and Dell purely because we use both at work and (due no doubt to being exposed to lots of them) whenever I think of them I associate them with going wrong.
If I could get a Mac for the same price as a "normal" laptop then I would, however I fail to see why I should pay over the odds for hardware- even if it looks nice. I could also buy a Sony, for slightly less over the odds, and feel less like Steve Jobs had just robbed me.