Best test of laptop build quality is the screen support/back
Open the screen up, get hold of both top corners and try and wobble them, if it's too easy then it'll be easy to break.
I have an old Dell laptop where the screen back is alloy, much more sturdy than most of the modern ones which are mostly thin plastic.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:23, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

mine's a sony vaio
I chose it because it was pink. the selection process went no further.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:28, Reply)

You know what, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest
I have 7 Laptops and 3 Desktop PC's I find my computer selection processes more worrying than yours to be honest.
( Peej, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:30, Reply)

Shit I didn't count right! I forgot the Chromebook and the linux tester so thats 9 laptops
and 3 tablets too
( Peej, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:30, Reply)

How much of that kit is yours versus work?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:32, Reply)

1 Tablet and 1 Laptop belong to work.
I leave the work laptop at work though so it doesn't count. The rest are mine, all mine mwahahahaha.
( Peej, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:33, Reply)

You are a fucking idiot.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:30, Reply)

why?
sony vaio is a good laptop. what's wrong with it also being pretty?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:31, Reply)

The fact you didn't consider the spec.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:33, Reply)

you know i'm being tongue in cheek
don't pretend to take me literally
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:34, Reply)

but way overpriced for the spec, and, Sony

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:34, Reply)

No they're fucking not.
They're shit. For lots of reasons. I'd choose a Lenovo over a Viao.
( Peej, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:35, Reply)

What make would you recommend?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:37, Reply)

I think you made the right choice, rach
These nerds can argue about the fine details in the specs of one over another, but it ultimately will make no difference to the glorified typewriter you use for your sit-com and facebook updates, etc.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:40, Reply)

i use my ipad for fb
fucking terrifyingly on the shitcom, we've scored a meeting in new York on 5 feb with a tv channel who liked the bits they saw. we have to have 2 full scripts ready by then.

I am SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM BEING REJECTED. URGH.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 22 Jan 2014, 9:43, Reply)