Out of all the brands that you can get a normal store like BestBuy, which one do you guys think is best, BESIDES Dell,
which they don't sell at stores anyways. HP, Compaq, Sony Vaio, VPR Matrix or the dreaded E Machines

? And please don't say "build your own". I have a Compaq and I know everyone says they are really bad, but mine is working really nicely, and I have no probs with it whatsoever.