HP DV7 laptop

Unless your using a Tough book, in our line of work laptops will fail much sooner than normal. I used to replace mine every two years or so. These were top fo the line Sony's, Gateway, etc. The name really doesn't matter much these days as it generally just differentiates between aesthetics. My Gateway let the ghost out today. I've had this one for four years, and only had to replace the keyboard ($30 on eBay). I'm looking at a HP with the new i5 processor and 8 gigs of ram with room for 8 more. $629 at Best Buy. Electronics are disposable these days, especially technology based electronics. I'm just glad I have a tablet, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do besides look at my iPhone's tiny screen.