On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:51:55PM -0500, Harlan H. Bloom wrote:
> We are looking to replace my wife's laptop in the near future and
> are wondering what are the best consumer-class laptops on the market
> right now. I am not talking about the business product lines, but
> the product lines generally made for home use. We're more concerned
> with hardware problems than software environments or operating
> systems. It's getting more difficult to replace fans in laptops as I
> have less time these days. I've replaced fans in two computers in
> the past three years; the first fan I replaced is failing again.

If I have a choice, I recommend IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads, or Dell
Latitudes.  Yes, the Latitudes are technically business class machines
- but they are _so_ much better made than their consumer laptops that
I find them well worth the extra money.

-- 
Scott Raun
sraun at fireopal.org