Quote Originally Posted by Chris M View Post
We've left poor Theo behind on this thread. He casually asked if anyone had a preference in laptop brands...
true enough... I don't think there is much to choose between the major brands - HP, dell, acer, asus.. I would always choose between models... there are lots of things to think about; my experience of laptops is limited to HP and Acer - battery life is way different in the two models in question, as are USB ports [not everyone want to use a powered hub] - just two examples over and above the baseline spec; as said it always depends what you want it for...

I build my own PC desktop[s] - have since the last millenium - currently I like ASUS as a 'best bang for buck' m/board and graphics

drawing is something I do; cintiq/painter/sai2 mostly, with xara for vectors... but three lines is always just three lines, its all in the way you draw 'em