All the notebooks I have owned...
Year = year purchased
1991 Toshiba (absolute lemon, plasma screen required replacement every 4 months)
1992 Compaq (lasted five years, then died)
1998 Toshiba (belonged to my wife, had it 11 years, then gave it away)
1999 Gateway (had it 6 years, then gave it away)
2002 Fujitsu (lasted 7 years, then died)
2006 Fujitsu (still going strong)
2009 Samsung (still going strong)
2009 Samsung (for my wife, still going strong)
2010 Acer (ultraportable, still going strong)
The Acer has been a pleasant notebook so far, and by far the cheapest of the ones I have bought.