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I like the look of an HP laptop. Unfortunately I looked it up and they do have the highest failure rate. Gateway and acer have pretty much the same failure rate as the HP. surprisingly Toshiba has one of the best ratings. I've never owned an HP but we use them at work and they go down all the time. (Hardware related) this website gives info on a legitimate study on laptops (Even though the site isn't too credible the study is all over the web).
http://ahtim.com/which-laptop-brand-the-best/