text: which is the better buy? a hp nx6110 with 40 gb, a toshiba sattelite 80gb, gateway nx550 60gb,or sony vaio40gb thank you. hp always seems to be very expensive (for what they give you) and everyone i've ever known who went with hp (printer,scanner,laptop) had some sort of issue that was very difficult, ans sometimes costly to solve.  sony was behind the recent xpc spyware fiasco.  this doesn't exactly answer your question, but maybe it helps you narrow down the choices.