Dell is ok, but go for the Latitude series and make sure you
have the 3-year NBD warranty support. They'll come up to your
doorstep and change your motherboard or other parts if it's proven
faulty/defective. I'm speaking from corporate experience, but if
you get the same warranty it should be similar treatment. Not sure,
if the warranty is portable if you move to other countries - check
with them.
Personally, though, I prefer the Taiwanese makers like Twinhead and
Asus. Asus, especially, makes very light self-contained(with DVD-RW
!) notebooks, and provides 2 year international warranty. However,
warranty can mean waiting 1 month for a replacement part....
The other up and coming guys are the Koreans. Samsung looks good,
and I'd be willing to try them out if only they were lower-priced !
I think they're even priced 20% above the Dells/Compaqs, close to
Fujitsu/Sony prices !
