lol u trole me XD

Oops missed Lenovo out of God Tier.

>>20397380

>>20397392

Nope this is my honest opinion based on working in a UK store.

What criteria are you using exactly?

God tier:
Macbook Pro
Lenovo ThinkPads

Ok tier:
everything else

What-the-fuck-are-you-doing tier:
Macbook Air
Ultrabooks

God Tier:

Apple
Lenovo
Sony


Mid Tier:

Dell
Asus
Toshiba
Samsung

Shit Tier:

HP/Compaq
Fujitsu
MSI
Packard Bell
Acer


This.

>>20397409
You know OP has no criteria. He's a troll.

Hurp durp tier hierarchy:
God tier:
Hurp
Shit tier:
Durp

>>20397415

In less than three years time Ultrabooks will be the standard.

Alienware is actually pretty terrible, they are loud and overheat, and are heavy. And the customer service is _terrible_.

I don't really know about Sony, or Acer being in "God Tier". Asus really should go up there.

Definitely put IBM/Lenovo up in God tier, above the rest, because frankly they make the best laptops. IBM produces the best products in the industry in general honestly.

Fix'd

God Tier:

Asus
Lenovo
Toshiba

Mid Tier:

Sony
Dell
Acer

Shit Tier:

HP
Apple
Gateway

>>20397404
>>20397404
>>20397404
Lol so you're just some faggot teenager that makes his opinions by how pretty the computers are.

>>20397380

>Apple
>Alienware
>God tier

Lenovo/IBM must be Nietzsche tier then.

>>20397443
>>20397443
>>20397443
I agree with this man.

God Tier:

Lenovo
Apple

OK Tier:

Everything else

Shit Tier:

Acer
Fujitsu

>>20397455
>Nietzsche
>not a faggot
i dont even

>>20397443
Most accurate one I see here.

it depends on where you live the quality of laptops you can get
for example americans get shitty acers from taiwan
ausfags get acers assembled in sydney
think about it

>putting Dell in mid-tier
For their consumer lines, I agree, but Latitudes are at least high-tier.

>>20397443
I have zero problems with my Gateway, nigger.

>>20397472
>>20397472
>>20397472
>implying Nietzsche is a faggot
Go back to the slums you peasant.

Acer and emachines... are you even trying =}

>>20397511
>/g/
>Gateway

You don't belong here

OP here as already stated I missed Lenovo out of God Tier, I think they're the only company who're competing with Apple at present.

I based my opinions on laptops I've used for demonstrations and played about with in the shop.

I also own a MacBook Pro and used to have a Compaq, so there may be a slight amount of bias.

Out of all the laptop brands Lenovo I would say has the highest customer satisfaction, though I'm not sure about Apple as think a lot of people take theirs to the local Apple Store if they have problems.

>>20397532
On the contrary, /g/ suggested I buy this very laptop one year ago.

>>20397550
/g/ is currently riding Lenovo's dick

>>20397550
If they did, I think you got trolled, son.

>>20397443
I'm okay with this.
Although I've never used an apple laptop before.

>>20397514
>poetry
>not faggy
fuck this

>>20397490

Yeah if you put Apple in the God Tier, don't know why there's so much hate for Macs, yeah a lot of faggots use them but they've got far and away the best OS going (Lion needs a few bugs ironing out though, Snow Leopard was possibly the greatest OS ever).

>>20397568
Really? Because I've had no problems with it. Other users claimed they used it and loved it. I do too.

>>20397472

And the award for the most obvious troll of the day goes to anon.

>>20397561
/g/ has been on ibm/lenovos dick for like 4 years.

troll thread?
troll thread.

>>20397577

Excuse me, we're talking about hardware here.

>>20397443
>>20397443
>>20397443

Acer are the shittest brand of laptop by a long way since Fujitsu-Siemens left the game, absolutely terrible machines, and fuck me their keyboards are the worst. I think you've based that purely on specs as if you'd used an Acer you'd never give them mid tier status.

>>20397380
0/10

also
>post a picture of a thinkpad
>don't include lenovo or IBM on the list

>>20397600
Considering the majority of reviews towards the products of said companies being positive, I see nothing wrong with that.

>>20397580
I bought an asus on research + /g/'s opinion, had to flash VBIOS, but other than that, best laptop ever

>God Tier
>Apple
>eMachines

Pro-tip: try and put a little effort into it

>>20397561
They deserve to get their dick ridden, they're the only ones who make half decent laptops these days, and they customer service is excellent. I had a problem with my mobo, and they responded to my online query almost immediately, sent an engineer out the next day, and fixed it. That's Lenovo for you.

God Tier:
Apple Macbook Pro
IBM Thinkpad
HP Envy
HP Probook
Lenovo Thinckpad
Dell XPS

Mid Tier:
HP Pavilion
Dell
Asus
Toshiba
Samsung
Acer TimelineX

Shit Tier:
Compaq
Packard Bell
Olidata
Xvission
Apple Macbook Air
Any Atom netbook

>>20397600
>>20397600

Maybe because Lenovo/IBM make the best specced, best looking, best priced machines money can buy and they don't fill their shit full of bloatware.
Lenovo cannot be beaten for customer service either.

>>20397577
0/10

>>20397625
Read the thread, he said he had forgotten to put it on there

Will do the job at a reasonable price Tier:
Asus
Lenovo
Toshiba
HP

Will do the job but over price Tier:
Sony
Dell (inc Alienware)
Apple
MSI

Shit Tier:
Acer
Gateway

Stop making laptops tier:

Fujitsu
eMachines
Packard Bell

>>20397643

How can you put a MacBook Air in the same hierarchy as Dell XPS or MacBook Pro? They're completely different machines for different purposes.

Everyone will be using ultrabooks in a couple of years when the 15 and 17 inch versions start coming out.

>>20397574
>>20397574
>>20397574
Nigga what you smokin? Nietzsche was a philosopher. This ain't no Robert Frost kiddy bullshit. Come at this Übermensch bro.

>>20397662
Acer's do the job overprice, look at their timeline x line.

Also If you buy an HP for under 400, it will suck.
Everything else is correct.

>>20397646

>don't fill their shit full of bloatware.

Ehh, I'm not so sure about that one. But at least it's Lenovo software and easily removable.

Do people seriously buy Macs just for the OS rather than the hardware? I always thought the hardware was nice (16:10 matte screens on a laptop, decent keyboard, intel CPUs etc. etc.) if way overpriced.

>>20397662
>>20397662

This is pretty much perfect, though eMachines as far as I'm aware is just a division of Acer (maybe wrong though).

>>20397707

I have never seen such a screen on a Mac laptop.

>>20397698
It doesn't matter if you use Linux or BSD with it, the support for those is excellent (among laptops anyway) as well, since they're so highly regarded in those communities.

>>20397707
I like the way they look and If I were offered the choice of any laptop for free, I would pick the macbook pro.

Granted, just because they are easiest to sell, but still.

>>20397646
did I ask for reasons?

All I said was that /g/ has been on lenovo/ibm's dick for 4 years. Almost obsessively so, with the ThinkPad themed wallpaper threads and shit. I don't see that for any other model.

Also posting from a T61p, so eat abag of dicks

>>20397738

>T6x

Mah nigga.

>>20397723
They make them, they probably charge you premium for them though.

>>20397707
>>20397707

I think that's a big part of it. I'm not a macfag but I own one as well as my work thinkpad. I think that most people get hooked on OSX as it's far better than anything else, still don't see why it warrants such a high price though.
People argue the case for a Hackintosh but I still think you don't get the same experience.

Parts-wise, the Macbook and Macbook Pro lines are not "god-tier". They use inferior parts and cut corners that companies like Lenovo, Sony, and Dell simply do not. Their reputation comes from their outstanding warranty service and their willingness to replace the shit parts if and when they malfunction, but this does not make their products good, it simply makes their lax efforts tolerable to the average consumer. This, combined with industry-leading interface devices, sets Apple apart. Their laptops though are not fundamentally 'good' in the same rite as Lenovo or Dell's are.

This coming from a guy who fixes computers for a living and has taken apart several examples of each. The most rugged and the most thoughtfully designed laptop in terms of cooling that I've ever disassembled was a Dell Inspiron 8100 from around 2001. Damn fine machine. I'm recycling it tomorrow, sorry to see it go.

GOD OF GODS TIER:
X61 with a 1400x1050 display
Vaio Z, 1920x1080 and with quad SSDs

GOD TIER:
Lenovo / IBM Thinkpad T/W/X series
Sony Z series

Shit tier: all others

>>20397753
T60fist
>>20397765
I'd rather use Linux or BSD honestly. I guess for the average person it's nice, compared to Windows.

>>20397765
I use a Mac in classes and still don't see what the big deal is.

I think the good thing about Macs is that the retain their value so well and compared to other brands where they're worth half as much by the time you leave the shop after a couple of years you'll still get a fair price for a Mac.
So upgrading isn't actually that pricey if you were to do it once a year you could probably get the newest version of your model by selling it and then adding $200.

ITT: underage faggots
Sorting brands is fucking useless. There are some Lenovo products which are worse than some HP/Dell etc product.

If you prefer Audi over BMW, you pick Audi A2 over BMW 7 series? Use your head fucktards.

tldr: business notebooks > anything (mac included)

>>20397707
>>20397707
Well the only thing that's standard on Apples that you don't see on other laptops is a higher res screen. That's not to say others don't make screens that could match them. I don't like the keyboards but that's a matter of preference.

As far a the cpu's, I never understand why they don't match the computer with the cpu strength.

>>20397790
>>20397790

Sony Z-Series? Seriously?

1.5 times the price of the Apple equivalents that are already ridiculously over priced.
Get a Lenovo.

>Alienware
yep -9000/10

I'd go with whichever has the least shovelware
also, wtf op Alienware? gtfo

>>20397863
>Implying you wouldn't get a fully specced out Vaio Z if you could afford one

My X61t will not be replaced until I can afford a Vaio Z with proper specs or there is another decent X series thinkpad (FUCK 1366x768)

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_2nd_Generation_Core_i5-2410M_Blu_Ray_Laptop__M515CUK/vers
ion.asp

An equivalent Apple Laptop with only 4GB of RAM and no bluray drive is c. £1600.

Three times the price

>>20397833

Business notebooks > anything else. Care to elaborate?

I've had an Alienware for a couple of years and it's done me proud, I'm big on gaming but I travel a lot. If you need a high end gaming laptop they're really the only company that offer anything.

>>20397925
Built to last.

>>20397946

Sold. Ordering a Thinkpad now.

>>20397945
>>20397945
Not really. http://www.bto.eu/html/configureer.asp?PartnerID=1&DisplayPartnerID=1&ProductID=514&lang
=nl

Small Dutch vendor, there must be global equivalents.

Titan-tier: ThinkPads
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>9001: Everything else

You forgot Sager under God Tier, OP.

>>20397863

If I won the lottery I would customise the shit out of a Z-series laptop that would put any Macfags machine to shame.

>That feel when buying a laptop
>Research prices and variants
>Finally decide and buy
>Afterwards you see a better and cheaper alternative.

>>20398024
>that feel when you shell out the 50$ extra for a thinkpad but you don't give a fuck because WATER ON MY KEYBOARD LOOK AT THIS SHIT OH MY GOD

>mfw my dirt cheap compaq was a fantastic deal and I've had zero problems with it

>>20397980

Sager make those shitty customised gaming laptop that stink of fail. Get a PC.

Are all ThinkPads waterproof?

>>20398085
Some of the more recent ones are "spill-resistant" because they don't have drain holes but I have no clue what that means as I haven't tried it.

>>20398024
Have poorfag 400$ budget for laptop
Buy Lenovo G570 because its the best option at office depot.

Go home, reinstall os.
See x120 and dm3 for cheaper, both are more portable and cheaper.

Go to office depot.com the next day, Lenovo G570 is now $100 off.

>Feel like this dog

Should I buy a ThinkPad directly from the manufacturer's site or from Newegg?

>>20397650
OS X IS the bets OS in existence, and this is coming from a Linux user.

>>20398126
Amazon usually has free shipping.

>>20398085
I believe all X / T / W series are. There should be a comparison list on the Lenovo site

>God Tier
>Apple

Why do so many people want to buy a "gaming" laptop?

>>20398189
Because they want to play games.

>Try to play glorious Touhou on my Gaming Certified Thinkpad
>50Hz
>Welp

No games.

>HP/Compaq
>shit tier

Does anyone own a G570?

I'm thinking of getting the following:

Core i5-2410M (2.3 GHz, 2.7 with Turbo Boost)
750GB HDD
6GB RAM
1GB AMD 6370
Blu-Ray Drive

£570 is it worth it?

Could scrap the Blu-Ray and HDD down to 640GB for £500

Thoughts?

This shit is stupid.
Good: ASUS, Toshiba, Lenovo, Dell business
Not good: Almost anything else

>>20398285
Scrap the blue ray and hdd unless you have a collection of blue ray dvds.

>>20398285

Is the G570 a ThinkPad? If not I think it's from the low-end Lenovo range. It sounds like a good spec though.

>>20398357
Its a lenovo essentials

>>20398108
>dog

Got Tier: My Laptop

Shit Tier: Everyone Else's Laptop

It's true because I said so.