Good laptop brand? hows HP pavilion?

I was planning on getting an HP pavilion, How are they? Any other good brands, except apple or sony.

HP ProBook 6450b Notebook Intel Core i5 460M(2.53GHz) 14" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi Intel HD Graphics

HP EliteBook 8440w Notebook Intel Core i5 560M(2.66GHz) 14" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

HP ProBook 6450b Notebook Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) 14" 2GB Memory DDR3 1333 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi Intel HD Graphics