hi , my pavillion db 9000 is on it s way out ...again!!! paid 60 pounds a cple of months ago to sort the ndvia chip ...worked fine until recently and the old problem of not startin up is beginnin again so instead of throwin more money at it , have decided to purchase a new laptop....got UP to £ 700 to spend ....need it for msn,cam required ...facebook, e bay ,i tunes,you tube, generally surfin the net checkin me forums ...ocasionally download a movie and watch it on lappy...i m not a games player so dont need it for that , tend to use the laptop plugged in .............so was wonderin wat s the best laptop to get ?????? and where s the best place to buy it from ... any ideas ???? pref wants something that lasts longer than the hp ..2.6 yrs grrrrr......cheers .many thanks in advance

3 to 6 year is normal for laptop to die
can happen with any brand

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- treat it as desktop ;
do not use a laptop on your lap , it needs cooling [ from bottom side ]
use only on flat surface [ table ]

- avoid using in direct sun light [ for same reason ]

- avoid moving it around when on , shocks can do damage more when when hardware is hot

3 yr s and ur laptops dies ?????? nahhhhhh thats rubbish..........the reason this one s died is becos there s a common fault with the hp solder n nvidea video chip ...the lappie easily over heats becos the fan is too small for the big 17 inch laptop which in turn causes damage to the solder n chip and frys the mother board ....google it hp dv9000 problems and you see loads of threads on this and how hp refuse to do anything about it ,,,there s even a class action against them in america but.....this wasnt the question i was askin ....i was askin in ur opinion wat s the best laptop within my requirements as listed i can get for under 700 pounds ????????????.........is the new dell xps 15 or 17 models with the 2 nd generation chips ..any good ?? worth the money or would you go for something else ????

no , its not normal , but
if its common , it becomes normal , get it ?

its because people ask for cheap laptops , they build cheap laptops

but , thats not it , there is more
its called technique ;

- you cannot mount a 12 inch fan in a laptop
- expensive laptops are just as small => cooling problem
- SSD drives last 500000 to 1000000 hour , max

what i tried to say is ;
i dont think brand makes that much different
buy one from a well known brand
[ for 300 bucks , then in 3 year buy another one ]
[ leaves you 100 bucks for beer and some calming pills ]