Amen to the Brother products, thats where Im at too.
HP also loads their driver software( at least used to) with malicious mal-ware that gets dumped all over your OS when you try to load drivers to fix their garbage printers / scanners. Good luck getting rid of it.
I thought it was bloatware that was crapping up my old HP. Anyway, I will never buy another computer because of their software.
I was surprised when I asked an IT guy what he thought were the best laptops, and he recommended a Panasonic Toughbook and some HP model.