Good Morning , taking a poll on brands of laptops.
I need a new one and I have $329.00 in credit at Best Buy and can add
up to another $100.00 dollars.

My friend recently purchased and HP but to me the keyboard feels very cheap.
Maybe I am so used to my old laptop that I had for about 6 years that anything new will feel odd for awhile.
MY son said Toshiba, curiuos as to what others have and how they like it.
Thanks and I will check in this afternoon.

We've had a variet of laptop computers here.  Toshiba, Dell, E Machine, Acer, and HP.  I've had the Dell on extended warranty, and it's been back for repairs 3 times--but my wife is "hard" on computer, hence the extended warranty. I've had an E Machine for almost 3 years that recently failed, but it was under $300.  I now have an Acer, I got from HSN on 4 monthly pays. I love the ACER. Nice keyboard feel, light in wt, lots of nice features. BUT, whichever computer you find, get decent virus protection.  I think my E Machine failed due to the Micro Trend virus protection that came with it from Best Buy.  I have Vipre on this ACER, which seems to work nicely. I've had NOD32 antivirus, works well, but has annual fees. The Vipre is purchased once with lifetime updates.  I'd check out HSN.com or watch one of their computer shows.  You can get a nice computer without payint 100% of it up front. And if you don't like it, you have 30 days to return it to HSN.  They usually offer the Vipre virus software on a flash drive, usually good on 3-10 computers, on special at the same time as many computer presentations.  DAVE

Thanks Dave, I am leaning towards a Toshiba, went and looked at some today.