Asus vs Toshiba vs IBM

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Hi

I'm looking to possibly buy a laptop around August this year. How would
Asus, Toshiba and IBM compare with reliability, warranty and customer
service/technical support?

I've read about Toshiba and IBM changing ownership of parts of their
companies. How has this affected things? I'd also appreciate any
recomendations for other brands for Windows laptops. I'm also thinking
of dual booting with Linux (Probably Ubuntu)

I'm a part time IT student and I'm trying to start up a business using
php and Java so I'm looking for a good brand. I'm in Melbourne, Australia

Thanks

Peter Mount
info@petermount.au.com