Also heard that Dell has some hardware issues lately.
i was about to say dell is one of the worst but dint how they are doing in india
we have 5 Dell inspiron laptop (from europe)where i work ,and nobody uses any of them . some or other issues like weak battery or zero battery, no network or frequent network disconnecting frequent blue screen,or they wont boot up in morning lcd screen showing junk colors etc.
have 3 compaq laptop (c40) (bought from india)again hardware issues or driver issues . it still has 3 unknown devices showing some errors. battery doesnt last more than an hour.all three of them have some serious issue with sound card it makes wierd noise or go unseen for days . doesnt updates properly or always shows errors.
all the people i have met recomended sony or Hp .
i have used sony (vgn cr363) for 3 years dint give me any problems but it was power hungry so i sold it.
now i will be eyeing on hp only
most of the time those additional switches,camera blah blah softwares are just just ..junk so i will prefer basic model with more computing power and storage. i can upgrade ram.