MSI,alienware,asus rog, lenovo,Hp, WHAT BRAND?!

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There is no such thing as overall best. There are "bests" for particular purposes, and best in a particular price ranges.

But other than MSI, none of those "brands" actually "make" a laptop.... they sell laptops made by ODMs (Original Design Manufacturer) under their brand name.

Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP and Lenovo
Pegatron sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer...

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i've always been partial to HP for laptops and have owned a good dozen of them over the years. my experience with lenovo, acer and other budget brands is that they pack as much fluff into it as possible and skimp on quality. the specs look nice but in the end the keyboard and other pieces (such as monitor, wifi card, hdd) are junk and fail pretty quick.

msi makes some respected gaming laptops as well.
 
There is no such thing as overall best. There are "bests" for particular purposes, and best in a particular price ranges.

But other than MSI, none of those "brands" actually "make" a laptop.... they sell laptops made by ODMs (Original Design Manufacturer) under their brand name.

Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP and Lenovo
Pegatron sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP

Another reason why it's hard to say "best" when many so called "competitors" are made on the same production line. You might want to consider having a laptop built to your specifications by Clevo distributor. But before putting one together, it would be useful what you are going to do with it.

CLEVO is a large Taiwanese computer company specializing in laptops. While the Clevo brand name is perhaps not widely known, their products are re-branded and sold by known boutique brand OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers); notably Sager, VoodooPC, Falcon Northwest, Eurocom, etc. They are also considered (by whoever knows about notebooks) to design and manufacturer the best of the best notebooks in terms of superior build quality and innovative designs. Established in 1983, as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer), they sell barebones ranging from laptop to portable computing solutions for both AMD and Intel processors. Clevo is one of the world's most preferred ODM partners and markets their products in more than 50 countries, and have established service centers in the USA, Germany, Britain, China, and Taiwan.

We've been buying our from here for the last 8 years or so

http://www.lpc-digital.com/sager-np8278-special.html

Base price is $1500, waiting fro your customization

 
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