Quote Originally Posted by derivation View Post
Most people are going to have varying opinions on major brands like Dell. That being said, I think that dell does make some good laptops, but they generally aren't the ones most people buy. The insperion series (in my experience) is crap. The latitude series, however, I've had great experience with. You can only buy the latitudes through the business portals, but dell doesn't care who you are.

All that being said, I've become a mac guy and would recommend a macbook.
I agree about the Dell latitudes.....I use a D820 for work constantly, in fact am typing this on it right now. I travel with it all the time and have had no issues after having it for about 1 yr. I think it is out of the price range you mentioned though.