Walmart Electronics

Depends on the brand.

 

If I am not mistaken my son has an Acer. He bought it at Best Buy and he bought a top end model. He took it to Iraq with him. It held up well in extreme heat and general overall abuse. He still uses it and I haven't heard him complain about it, so it must still be running OK for him.

You might want to check out the reviews for the models you are considering:

http://reviews.cnet.com/acer-laptops/

 

I just called my son. The Laptop he has is an Asus.

 

They also sell hp/compaq. You will only get the home edition for the OS unless that is ok for you.

 

I bought my last two from Best Buy because of their tech support on site,and I think their 3 year extended warranty is a good deal at 180.00.

 

I just bought an HP from Best Buy. Along with the others mentioned at Wal-mart they also sell Toshiba. I had a Toshiba that lasted for 6 years and the hard drive crashed along with a couple other problems over the years covered by the extened warranty. I couldn't even recover my data.

After looking around I ended up at Best Buy. I wanted a 17.3" screen again so I went with the $799 one. 4 gig ram, 500 gig hard drive, blu-ray drive. I think its in the ad this week for $779. I bought the extended warranty for about $320 for 3 years including accidental damage, which is way more than they used to be. I didn't want it at first but I definetly got my monies worth out of my last one so I added it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pa...inum/9979217.p?id=1218204944141&skuId=9979217