On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:51:55PM -0500, Harlan H. Bloom wrote: > We are looking to replace my wife's laptop in the near future and > are wondering what are the best consumer-class laptops on the market > right now. I am not talking about the business product lines, but > the product lines generally made for home use. We're more concerned > with hardware problems than software environments or operating > systems. It's getting more difficult to replace fans in laptops as I > have less time these days. I've replaced fans in two computers in > the past three years; the first fan I replaced is failing again. If I have a choice, I recommend IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads, or Dell Latitudes. Yes, the Latitudes are technically business class machines - but they are _so_ much better made than their consumer laptops that I find them well worth the extra money. -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org