What laptop should I buy?

[Thomas Okken]

(10-26-2018 11:15 AM)EugeneNine Wrote:  And BTW don't give Apple any free marketing using their Trackpad name, its a touchpad.

TrackPad (with or without a capital P) is a generic term, not specific to Apple.
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/faqs/laptop...-trackpad/
Apple does have a registered trade mark for "Magic Trackpad," though.

More on topic, let me add my voice to those who are recommending not to go cheap when buying laptops. I've used Compaq (7792DMT), Lenovo (T61), and Apple (MacBook Air 13" and 11"), and no complaints about any of them; I've used Fujitsu (520D), Acer (forgot the model number), and Asus (eee) machines, all with various issues, mainly, but not limited to, flimsy bodies that flexed too much and ended up falling apart, intermittent failures caused by bad contacts, often caused by the aforementioned flimsy bodies, and lousy battery life. N.B. These are all machines that I've owned, not company-issued ones.