HPs are good. They have good components and usually last a good long time. My mom has an HP laptop, and despite it being to the point that it's practically falling apart, she got it in 2006 or 2007 (I don't quite remember which), and it's still working. Considering the average laptop life is about 2 years, that's pretty good. I also like Toshiba, my laptop is a Toshiba, and I've had virtually no hardware issues whatsoever with it.