best & most reliable laptop?
It depends on how you will utilize it as marco said.
is it for games, graphics, document typing? amd ATHLON or turion with 1GB RAM, 512mb nvidia graphic card, wifi, DVD writer combo, soundblaster sound card, the best.
nowadays all brands are reliable. you need to check for after sales service.

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