Laptop bottom component accessibility

[hynap]

Which laptops have the best access to fans and other parts located on the bottom? My Toshiba Satellite and my Compaq CQ57 require major surgery from the top to reach parts on the bottom.

 

[hang-the-9]

From the ones I worked on, HP EliteBooks. Mostly the good laptop cases are going to be found in business class models. The cheap home models are built with a lot less design and quality.

 

[orlbuckeye]

I don't thing you can label one brand as better then another because they are all designed the same. I have An Acer AS 8950G that I was able to access to drive bays and 4 memory slots and the wireless to add my own components. Now I have an Alienware where I have access to the optical drive, a MSATA SSD slot and 2 drives. I only have access to 2 of the 4 memory slots. You have to take off the keyboard to get to the other 2 memory slots. That was also the case when Acers next model similar to my 8950 and the 8951 had 2 memory slots on bottom and 2 on the top.