Laptop advice.

[bigcheez2k3]

I used to work in a repair environment mate and you could garuntee those 3 took up 95% of your workload either with board failure or gpu failure requiring reflow/reball, if you want reliability Lenovo or Toshiba imho, I'm not saying every single one of the other brands will go wrong just that's what I saw the most on a daily basis

While I'm not disputing your view, one thing to consider is those are generally at the cheaper end of the scale meaning they are more likely to get treated like shit than a £500+ laptop.