March 2014 | Build Your Own Laptop

Compaq Presario CQ60-420US 15.6-Inch Laptop

Great specs and performance for the price. System is very responsive and I haven't had a hiccup yet. Only thing missing for me would be an integrated webcam and dedicated graphics memory but you get what you pay for and those features usually cost extra.I do a lot of writing, email, and a little video work. ...

Samsung - Laptop R480 / Intel Pentium Processor / 14" Display / 4GB Memory / 320GB Hard Drive / BLU

Incredible laptop with blue ray and LED 16:9 wide angle screen. The look is hot red ceramic with a touch of purple.The blue ray is incredible. It's fast and feels very well made and solid in your hands. Great keyboard and the pictureis astounding. For the price and the features it beats Apple hands down....

HP Pavilion dv6z Notebook PC With Blu-ray, 6GB DDR3 Memory, Quad-Core A6-3400M Accelerated Processo

Super power laptop ran Crysis on full settings and didn't even blink. I've never seen Windows boot up so fast seems like just a second or two!Has pretty much everything I could want on it fingerprint reader, bluetooth, HDMI, quad processor, 6 gigs of memory .. Should last at least for a few years!I gave 1 star...

Toshiba - Satellite L755-S5216 Laptop / Intel Pentium Processor / 15.6" Display / 4GB DDR3 Memory /

i did get a bad hard drive after 1 month. which took about 2-3 weeks to fix. it did not come with a recovery disk and i did not create one, so i had to order it from toshiba for $25 and wait 1 week to get it. best buy did change the hard drive for free, offered to install window 7 from the recovery disk, and...

Sony VAIO VGN-FW490JEB 16.4" Notebook (2.53GHz Core 2 Duo P8700 4GB RAM 320GB HDD Blu-ray Read/Writ

At 6.5 pounds, the FW isn't the lightest laptop on the market, but it is probably the best value out there. Sony allows you to select a pre-built model or customize one yourself. My machine is customized:1080p LCD ScreenATI 4650 1gb Graphics Card2.53ghz Intel Core 2 Duo (3mb L2 Cache)4gb DDR2 @ 800mhz320gb Hard...

Acer Aspire E1 15.6" Core i3 500GB HDD Notebook

This is the best laptop available for the price. I initially bought an HP laptop for 599 and I had it for a week when I saw that Samsung had a comparable laptop on sale for 498 at Walmart, so I returned my HP and bought the Samsung. The Samsung was complete junk. I'm guessing that it had defective hardware because...

Apple MacBook White - 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2 , 160GB SATA HD, (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), Intel GMA

I'm very pleased with my 13" MacBook, It can handle all media operations, and most music functions as well. I'm very pleased with it, I do a lot of music on this one, I want to add more memory if possible. This computer can handle many operations at one time,the duel core processor is awesome and if you had a...

HP Pavilion dv6t Select Edition 15.6" Laptop - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, 2nd Generation Intel

I love this computer. I decided to switch back to HP after my Sony drove me nuts. This laptop is easy to use and really fast. The fingerprint ID is very handy because I am constantly forgetting passwords.This was my second HP laptop, first one was pretty good so I bought this one some months ago, I used it once...

Inspiron 15R Notebook 5520

I purchased this laptop during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. I paid $498.94 after tax.I have the model with 8GB of DDR3 memory and the Intel Core i5-3210 @ 2.5Ghz CPU.Everything on this laptop works great with the exception of the slow hard drive @ 5400rpm. It's a great amount of space, but I want...

Dell Inspiron 17R Core i7-3632QM Quad-Core 2.20GHz 8GB 1TB DVD±RW 17.3" Win 8 Laptop w/Webcam, Blu

I bought this laptop mostly based on the 3rd generation i7 processor, 8 GB of memory, and Terabyte drive. However, I made some assumptions that came back to bite me. Since this model is primarily sold as a home/entertainment computer and includes an HDMI port to directly connect to a TV, as well as Intel's WiDi...

HP Envy dv6-7220us 15.6-Inch Laptop

Quick summary First PC I got had problems. Did get another one and it seems to be fine so far. I have left the review below since it is an honest account of what I went through with the first one.I have been buying PCs since the early 1980s and this is BY FAR the WORST out of box experience I have had. The PC...

Toshiba L855-S5372 15.6" Laptop with 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor, 6GB memory, 640

I have only been using this laptop for 5 days, but so far it seems pretty darn nice. It is fast everything opens and loads instantly. Startup/reboot takes literally a few seconds.Excellent processor, ample RAM to handle many tasks at once, and can be upgraded to 16gb.Screen is glossy and so it does have some...

Acer Aspire AS5560-7402 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)

I'm a college student who just needed laptop for basic, general use. That includes basic internet browsing (often with many tabs), opening multiple, large, textbook-sized PDFs, running large powerpoints that professors often use and running programs like Skype, usually all at the same time. I'm also a computer...

Toshiba - Satellite C655-S5212 Laptop / Intel Core i3 Processor / 15.6" HD Display / 3GB DDR3 Memor

This is my first laptop, and I fell like I should have started with a worse computer.I was drawn to the system from the cost perspective, and have found that the computer meets and exceeds my needs on many levels. Though I've had it only a few days, processing seems smooth, graphics are solid, overall function...

Samsung Series 3 NP355E5C-A02US 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)

I bought this as a cheap beat up laptop. Turns out it's among the best I've ever owned. A half year into it, after using it 6 10 hours most days, it has yet to give me even a single problem. Not one crash, not one malfunction. The only wear came on the keyboard, where the letter paint has come away a bit. Not...

Hewlett Packard TC1100 (PX284AA)

Ths tablet-laptop is a little powerhouse (thats what I call it) better than a tablet and better than just a laptop by itself. 60 gig harddrive 2 gigs of ram,try getting that from a tablet.for around $170....

HP Pavilion dv6-3010us 15.6-Inch Laptop

I bought this unit two weeks ago from the office store named after the stadium where the Lakers play. The tech manager recommended it based on the specs, price and the fact that it had the lightscribe laser that could firmware upgrade to the new color lightscribe and a DVD burner that could easily be replaced...

HP 655 - 15.6" - E2-1800 - Windows 7 Professional

Print too pale ----difficult for seniors to readNo instructions included for setup or use; no manual. Didn't like it.I have this laptop with Windows 8. Every 2 minutes it crashes and restarts. My daughter has a Lenovo with Windows 8 and it never crashes so I have to say the problem is with the laptop instead...

Toshiba Satellite U945-S4130 14-Inch Ultrabook (Ice Blue with Fusion Lattice)

very fast, good looking, and quiet for the price. It is also light, perfect size, and would like to recommend to others.Overall I'm very satisfied with my purchase. This computer is very thin and light, makes it easy to take anywhere. Performance is very good. It boots and shuts down very quickly. Screen quality...

T400S 14.1" SP9400 250GB HDD

I was hesitant to order this laptop from the beginning. I did my research and found a lot of people complaining about issues with them. I thought, well, usually there's a lot more people who've had no issues, so maybe I'll get lucky. I've also had Thinkpads at work and home for the last 6+ years with no issues.This...