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<p>It’s no longer IBM (Lenovo pretty much has stopped using IBM in their advertising).</p>
<p>Many techheads seem to hate Dell. From what I have heard, the mid-higher end Toshibas and HPs are generally well-regarded (stay away from the lower-end models since they are outsourced from different manufacturers and the quality isn’t nearly as good).</p>