what brand of laptop do nairalanders think is most befitting?

Anything but HP please!! i have two hp laptops, different brands both have the same problem, after 6 months it starts overheating and goes off abruptly, I have lost tons of work because of this problems, the cd/dvd drive will ultimately stop functioning and I can't even upgrade to windows 7 because my silly HP laptop doesn't have support for the wireless card driver. Hp just makes beautiful laptops that don't function properly. Sony makes quality laptops, my second ever laptop which i used almost 7 years ago is still intact, fuctioning properly.