Longest lasting laptop brand? Can anyone help me out?

[pacgirl]

I'm currently trying to buy a new laptop and I'm going about it really cautiously since the last computer I got was a HP notebook that died about a year after I got it. I revived it with Kaspersky and kept it puttering along ever since just to make sure that I still got my money's worth out of it.

Anyways, I'm really hard on my electronics, not physically, it's just that I tend to use my computer daily for hours at a time for everything from school to work to entertainment ( I am not a gamer btw). So I am looking for a computer that can do some heavy duty multi-tasking really quickly and have a long lifespan in spite of that.

I did my homework as best as I could and thought that Asus would be best, but they are generally out of my price range for the specs I want. So I decided to just get a custom one from Powernotebooks.com.

But would it be better to get the same or possibly better specs in a different brand like Sager or PowerPro (brands that I've personally never heard of before) or is Asus the best brand for longetivity? I just want a laptop that will serve me well for at least 5 years.

For reference this is the laptop that I'm looking at, https/www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=1862 the only thing that I changed in customizing is changing the Primary Hard Drive Bay to a 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SATA III Solid State Drive since I read somewhere that Solid States significantly increase the speed and lifespan of a laptop.

Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[Neur0nauT]

In all honesty, if you are going to use a laptop extensively, you should expect components to fail after a time, sometimes this can be quite soon, sometimes not. My only advice in this case would be to invest in a well known brand. Preferably a business class laptop. The likes of Lenovo are sturdy, and built to take a lot of punishment, and also provide longevity in battery life and parts. I personally rate Lenovo laptops to be of a high standard. Especially since you stated that you a re not a gamer, you would not need the likes of the ASUS or most of the brands you have showing in your link, they are built for gaming. You will notice that the Lenovo picture is the only one with a "pie chart" along the top - eluding to it being more of a business class device rather than a gaming performance beast.

The key is to also buy an extended warranty with the laptop. These can come in 1, 3 or 5 year plans. That way, when a part fails, you only have to contact support, and they will repair/replace the failed part. In some extreme cases the whole system. Lenovo support is very good in my experience also. I've never had an issue with them, and I have used them a lot in the past due to my line of work.

If you are doing a lot of multitasking, then make sure you get an i7 with plenty of RAM. Since they use Hyperthreading which helps with multitasks.

In summary, Just make sure you get an extended warranty which ever laptop you go for!