NO! Not mines..thank goodness..my laptop is working.. perfectly. need some advice for a friend of mines..

he's an accountant. he hardly does any graphics, xept for editing home movies..but like he says..if you have to buy one..go in for the best. love his attitude.. :-p

he's done his research..but completely baffled as to what he ought to buy. he's coem out with a choise of three..

a samsung RF711 .. 17.3 closs, 1600x900 res, intel core i7 2670QM..sandy bridge quad core, 2.2 gh.z, 3.1 ghz with turbo boost, 8 gb memoriy, storage.. 1 T, Nvidia Geforce GT 540M, 2GB g00R3, blue ray

an hp envy 17-2101 ea notebook pc.. Intel Core 17 -2630GMM 2 ghz, Chip. Intel HM67, 6gb DDr3, 750GB, display res.. 1920 x 1080, AMD Radeon HD 6850m (1 gig dedicated)

hp..  envy 17-3002ea notebook pc, intel core i7 267oQm, 2.2 ghz, chip..intel HM65 Express, 750 gb storage, memory.. 8gb, display.. 1600x900, AMD radeonHD 7690M XT (1 gig dedicated)

Advice, oh wise ones? All help will be gratefully accepted. Bless ya..

don't buy HP would be my starting point (based on friend's experiences) and Samsung has a very solid rep so there's my thought on this....

Don't know anything about these specific models, but I second bobbystahr's advice about avoiding HP - I have had a couple of HP machines & have been unhappy with both of them (hardware conflicts & other flaky behavior, lots of bloatware & poor technical support)...

I purchased a DELL Vostro 1710 about 4 years ago which is now my partners full time comp, (she does a lot of photography). the reason I chose dell is they allowed me to re-spec the basic model to suit my needs for digital art.

I feel that this option is better than buying straight off the shelf and is maybe worth your friends consideration.

Cheers

GG