Which laptop computer is most reliable?

Readers of my blog will recall my recent post regarding Dell laptop computers.
See http://inkarlslab.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-i-wont-buy-dell-laptop-pc.html.

I need a laptop for graduate school and have been looking at HP and Acer laptops at my local big box stores. Fortunately I did some research on those before making a decision.

The following two articles might be of interest to those who are shopping for a laptop PC.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/211402/reliability_and_service_laptops.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/211074-2/the_tech_brands_you_can_trust.html

Hope this information is of use to someone out there.