could not agree more!!!! wouldn't touch a vaio in a million years. you might be lucky and it doesn't break, but when it does, fuck that! wouldn't touch toshiba these days either. they used to be brilliant but we stopped buying them in for work because they became so shoddy and unreliable.

i'd say go with Dell though.. mid range ones are well priced and pretty good imo.
dunno what the new really cheap ones they've brought out are like.. i think westy bought one so best ask him.

i'm sure apple are great for somethings but personally have no experience of them and therefore wouldn't buy one.