Laptop Store

[Greatness]

Thanks a lot. Is there any particular brand that is more reliable than another or do you guys just look for the best value for what you pay for?

It depends some models of laptops have problems with them, I bought a little HP laptop earlier this year for uni and it heats up pretty quickly when it's being heavily used - I think it's cos of how the fan vent thing is designed. I bought a pretty damn good Asus laptop on boxing day last year, at the time the specs on it would've easily cost $1,500. but because it's a bigger laptop and xmas sales I got it for $999.! Bargain and it's still better than most of the laptops in the $1k range atm stores will start releasing sales soon so when you see them, start looking at laptops that you like and compare them. In the end, the design of the laptop will make a difference as well - whether you want it to be a slim one, or more powerful but bulkier etc that does affect the price too!
From my experience and from people that I know, Toshiba, Asus are pretty reliable. I assume Acer/Dell/Lenovo are decent/good. HP is ok. Stay away from Compact they're crap. There are heaps of brands and pros and cons for each, when you've fallen in love with a laptop do a google search on it and you'll find heaps of reviews and stuff so that will help make up your mind!

[kenhung123]

Yeah my last 2 laptops are Toshiba and both has had no-minimal problems. I am leaning towards Toshiba for that reason. Although it seems that Asus is a very good brand because I see in catalogs most laptops are Asus so they seem to be focused in this area of production? Also, I know their tablets/transformers are very good.
Seems like a good guide:
http://www.cnet.com.au/21-things-you-need-to-know-to-buy-the-perfect-laptop-240054282.htm ?

[Russ]

i've bought a lot of Asus products in the last couple of years and find them to be quite good. they replaced a screen on a laptop for free (18 months after i bought it) because it was flickering occasionally and posted it back to me for free, so yeah.

[BoredSatan]

Im using an ASUS laptop atm and its working fine. My only complaint may be the noise it produces and it does also heat up really quickly whilst I am gaming.

[kenhung123]

Or should I just get the surface? Haha

[Fyrefly]

It depends some models of laptops have problems with them, I bought a little HP laptop earlier this year for uni and it heats up pretty quickly when it's being heavily used - I think it's cos of how the fan vent thing is designed.

Mine does the same. Is your a HP Pavilion? I find it helps if I elevate it off the table. Either get a laptop cooling pad or just prop it up old school with a book or something. The fan blows downwards, so if the laptop is directly on the table, the fan can't efficiently blow out air, thus the heating problem. Since figuring all that out, I've had no dramas.

[Mr Keshy]

I swear by Dell. Never ever let me down. And the service in my opinion, is the best. Hands down.

[Yendall]

What the hell is the guy doing with a phone, nobody ever answers when you call MSY

MSY is horrible in regards to customer service. There are always tonnes of customers and this has been the case for years, yet they still don't consider expanding their store and maybe opening a new line. I just don't see the logic in their business besides being greedy. The people running the place are also quite cynical and only talk to you properly if you know absolutely everything about computing.

[kenhung123]

It depends some models of laptops have problems with them, I bought a little HP laptop earlier this year for uni and it heats up pretty quickly when it's being heavily used - I think it's cos of how the fan vent thing is designed.

Mine does the same. Is your a HP Pavilion? I find it helps if I elevate it off the table. Either get a laptop cooling pad or just prop it up old school with a book or something. The fan blows downwards, so if the laptop is directly on the table, the fan can't efficiently blow out air, thus the heating problem. Since figuring all that out, I've had no dramas.

Or you can get one of those cheap laptop fan things that you stick under your laptop which elevates and cools your laptop

I swear by Dell. Never ever let me down. And the service in my opinion, is the best. Hands down.

notsureifsrs

What the hell is the guy doing with a phone, nobody ever answers when you call MSY

MSY is horrible in regards to customer service. There are always tonnes of customers and this has been the case for years, yet they still don't consider expanding their store and maybe opening a new line. I just don't see the logic in their business besides being greedy. The people running the place are also quite cynical and only talk to you properly if you know absolutely everything about computing.

Yeah jeez, obviously quite a bit problem, they should just get 1 or 2 people to listen to phone calls. But then again, they probably rather avoid the problems that they have to deal with!

[Mr Keshy]

What the hell is the guy doing with a phone, nobody ever answers when you call MSY

MSY is horrible in regards to customer service. There are always tonnes of customers and this has been the case for years, yet they still don't consider expanding their store and maybe opening a new line. I just don't see the logic in their business besides being greedy. The people running the place are also quite cynical and only talk to you properly if you know absolutely everything about computing.

Yeah, there's a reason why they were so cheap. And I say were... The price differences don't justify the lack of service... I'd only ever buy small under $10 items there. I'd much rather give my money to those more deserving like centrecom or PCCG.

I bought a 975x motherboard from them off clearance. I didn't know much back then. But it wouldn't work. I was too excited to know that the plastic packaging was opened and that there was no socket cover on the CPU...

Only got $30 of my $130 back.

Then I got a video card off a friend who never used it, who had bought it recently from those clowns under clearance.. Didn't work, had to RMA $15 postage..

Moral of the story. Don't buy clearance MSY products. Better yet, don't shop at MSY. I'd love it see them go out of business after the way they treated me and other customers, the sole reason their still in business..

[Yendall]

What the hell is the guy doing with a phone, nobody ever answers when you call MSY

MSY is horrible in regards to customer service. There are always tonnes of customers and this has been the case for years, yet they still don't consider expanding their store and maybe opening a new line. I just don't see the logic in their business besides being greedy. The people running the place are also quite cynical and only talk to you properly if you know absolutely everything about computing.

Yeah, there's a reason why they were so cheap. And I say were... The price differences don't justify the lack of service... I'd only ever buy small under $10 items there. I'd much rather give my money to those more deserving like centrecom or PCCG.

I bought a 975x motherboard from them off clearance. I didn't know much back then. But it wouldn't work. I was too excited to know that the plastic packaging was opened and that there was no socket cover on the CPU...

Only got $30 of my $130 back.

Then I got a video card off a friend who never used it, who had bought it recently from those clowns under clearance.. Didn't work, had to RMA $15 postage..

Moral of the story. Don't buy clearance MSY products. Better yet, don't shop at MSY. I'd love it see them go out of business after the way they treated me and other customers, the sole reason their still in business..

I always buy my hardware from Centre-Com because I simply just don't like travelling to North Melbourne for such rude people. Also what annoys me about them is their awful website! I haven't seen such an unappealing website before, and they are in the I.T union you think they could develop something that is actually visually acceptable. Remember when it was that god awful PDF?

[MJRomeo81]

Oh god MSY's old website brings back memories. It looked like a monkey was given access to notepad and a basic html cheat sheet.

I must admit it was a good laugh though.

[Greatness]

It depends some models of laptops have problems with them, I bought a little HP laptop earlier this year for uni and it heats up pretty quickly when it's being heavily used - I think it's cos of how the fan vent thing is designed.

Mine does the same. Is your a HP Pavilion? I find it helps if I elevate it off the table. Either get a laptop cooling pad or just prop it up old school with a book or something. The fan blows downwards, so if the laptop is directly on the table, the fan can't efficiently blow out air, thus the heating problem. Since figuring all that out, I've had no dramas.

Yeah I figured that out! 8-) I put it on top of a textbook to let the fan blow the air out hehe we're too good Yeah Pavillon mine is a smaller one, DM1 but still pretty solid, a lot better than some of the laptops in the $500-600 range and I only got it for like $350 in April. It's good, I don't have to worry about damaging my main laptop when taking it to uni
Some of these new tablets look pretty sweet like the Asus Transformer. Have a look at the tablets if you want something for uni, pretty convenient but I guess it's good to have a laptop that functions well rather than the tablet where it's a little restricted in some aspects. - Which is the main reason I went with buying a smaller laptop.

[Mr Keshy]

What the hell is the guy doing with a phone, nobody ever answers when you call MSY

MSY is horrible in regards to customer service. There are always tonnes of customers and this has been the case for years, yet they still don't consider expanding their store and maybe opening a new line. I just don't see the logic in their business besides being greedy. The people running the place are also quite cynical and only talk to you properly if you know absolutely everything about computing.

Yeah, there's a reason why they were so cheap. And I say were... The price differences don't justify the lack of service... I'd only ever buy small under $10 items there. I'd much rather give my money to those more deserving like centrecom or PCCG.

I bought a 975x motherboard from them off clearance. I didn't know much back then. But it wouldn't work. I was too excited to know that the plastic packaging was opened and that there was no socket cover on the CPU...

Only got $30 of my $130 back.

Then I got a video card off a friend who never used it, who had bought it recently from those clowns under clearance.. Didn't work, had to RMA $15 postage..

Moral of the story. Don't buy clearance MSY products. Better yet, don't shop at MSY. I'd love it see them go out of business after the way they treated me and other customers, the sole reason their still in business..

I always buy my hardware from Centre-Com because I simply just don't like travelling to North Melbourne for such rude people. Also what annoys me about them is their awful website! I haven't seen such an unappealing website before, and they are in the I.T union you think they could develop something that is actually visually acceptable. Remember when it was that god awful PDF?

Yup 

They don't show any acknowledgement or respect to their customers.. They would be better off being just an online store with such appalling customer service.

[Russ]

Nobody should ever buy anything from MSY, this is a self evident principle.