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Dell:
Precision - Very powerful desktop replacements - great warranty, ridiculously expensive - Usually overpriced or overkill

Latitude - Good Laptops - Great warranty! Highly recommended for any Business environment - Sometimes expensive.

Vostro  - Lower end Business Machines - Better Priced - still durable - Usually 1 Year warranty.

XPS - The nicer looking dell machines, Some are better than others...

Inspiron - YMMV Every model is different

(Plain) Insprion Series - Dells lowest end laptop
(R) Insprion Series - Perfect Home use, dependable, decent build quality, recommended
(Z) Insprion Series - A little slimmer than the R series, Some are Ultrabooks (Very often don't include Optical Drives)

HP:

Spectre - Top of the line personal (dragonfly is the top of the line for business) - lightest laptops, and beautiful!

Pavilion - YMMV (Some better than others)

Probook - Stable durable business systems - Usually a little on the heavy side.

Elitebook - Business Higher end systems, usually pretty expensive

ENVY - Used to be the HP sleek and nicer systems, they pretty much replaced most of the standard pavilions now and call them either ENVY or sleekbooks

Sleekbook - like it sounds slimmer line of laptops

Lenovo:

Thinkpad Series - Very Dependable Business Machine, Expensive (Not Pretty but Durable)

IdeaPad Series -

S Series
U Series - Usually the slimmer line Ultrabooks, Doesn't always include DVD Drive
Y Series - Nice machines with good specs and features (Cool Backlit Keyboards)
Z Series - Step up from the G Series, all around decent build, priced nicely, great home use laptop
G Series - Lower end

Samsung:

Series 3
Series 5
Series 7
Series 9 - The nicest, sleekest looking laptops I've seen in a long time - Can pass for a Macbook!!


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A great post by caliheat:
I believe that there are many factors when deciding what laptop to purchase.
1) What is your intended use and necessary features. e.g. light use vs. heavy use & optical drive, computer speed etc.
2) As mentioned several times in this thread, RAM itself is very easy to upgrade after you purchase.
3) Brand - IMHO this is pretty important as well - which do your prefer vs. which brand do people recommend.
4) Price - you should decide a price range that best suits your needs.
5) Operating System - Many people like myself prefer Windows 7 vs. 8.1, so this would be another consideration.
6) Warranty - does it include 1 year or more, cost for extending warranty.
7) Detailed Specs:
  Processor  - model and speed i3, i5, & i7 2.0 Ghz, 3.0 Ghz etc.
  RAM - This IMHO should be minimum 8GB, especially if running 8.1, however can be added easily.
  Hard Drive - SATA vs. SSD, the latter being much faster. SATA itself offers 5400 RPM vs. 7200 RPM again, the latter being faster.
  Screen Size - this is a personal preference as you can always attach a larger screen in an office setting.
  Battery & Weight - overall laptop weight preference & battery life.
  Graphics - Integrated graphics vs. dedicated graphics, e.g. Intel 4400 vs. Nvidia GTX etc.

In summary, you have to decide what are you priorities, what can be upgraded and what you are flexible on.



Excellent article about the differences between the Intel processor suffixes.

Excellent "Laptop Buying Guide" by @dailykasha, written for Black Friday 2021, updated for holidays 2023

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
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« Reply #11361 on: December 05, 2017, 08:53:52 PM »
Do Lenovos generally have the best keyboards?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11362 on: December 05, 2017, 09:33:12 PM »
Do Lenovos generally have the best keyboards?
Their cheap lines not (besides that they aren't backlit), their expensive ones (ThinkPads in particular) have very good keyboards.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11363 on: December 06, 2017, 08:04:11 AM »
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 15.6-inch Laptop w/ Intel Core i7

$799.99 - $340.00 off with code:INSP469 = $469.99

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-5566-laptop/cai155w10p7b011c2
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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« Reply #11364 on: December 06, 2017, 04:53:24 PM »
Their cheap lines not (besides that they aren't backlit), their expensive ones (ThinkPads in particular) have very good keyboards.
Do you know how the Yoga X1 and Yoga 920 compare to the Dell XPS 13 & 15?
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« Reply #11365 on: December 06, 2017, 06:23:27 PM »
where do you enter the code for the dell sale

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« Reply #11366 on: December 06, 2017, 06:33:47 PM »
Checkout page right before entering payment info it asks for promo/coupon code

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« Reply #11367 on: December 06, 2017, 06:45:51 PM »
thank you

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« Reply #11368 on: December 06, 2017, 08:30:15 PM »
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 15.6-inch Laptop w/ Intel Core i7

$799.99 - $340.00 off with code:INSP469 = $469.99

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-5566-laptop/cai155w10p7b011c2
good deal to use the amex offer 50 off 299
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« Reply #11369 on: December 06, 2017, 08:59:15 PM »
good deal to use the amex offer 50 off 299
Is that offer still out there ?

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« Reply #11370 on: December 06, 2017, 09:52:59 PM »
Is that offer still out there ?
not sure. I think only if you already saved it
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11372 on: December 08, 2017, 10:22:20 AM »
Looking to sell Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16, i7 512GB SSD. I have 2 new and 1 open boxed. Heres item on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-DTHW1620H-Mobile-Studio-Windows/dp/B01M5BBZ2E. Retails for $2999. Selling the new @ $2300 each OBO and the used @ $2100 OBO. Pm for more details or email theblakdavid@gmail.com
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« Reply #11374 on: December 08, 2017, 11:22:26 AM »
Not sure I'm allowed to post here links to another deal site (please remove if not) but this is a great deal!

https://slickdeals.net/f/10999999-dell-inspiron-15-5000-laptop-i7-8550u-8gb-128gb-ssd-1tb-hdd-580-after-70-sd-rebate-free-s-h?src=featured-19395


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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11376 on: December 09, 2017, 11:02:20 PM »
Hi, any good deals on a 17" laptop? Used mostly for work - excel, constant contact, plus some streaming videos, etc.

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« Reply #11377 on: December 10, 2017, 01:31:25 AM »
Hi, any good deals on a 17" laptop? Used mostly for work - excel, constant contact, plus some streaming videos, etc.
If you need the big screen when using in a single location it may be worth buying a separate monitor to which you can connect with a HDMI cable.
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« Reply #11378 on: December 10, 2017, 02:09:54 AM »
I don't want to post links, but the biggest competing site has a bunch of Dell laptops with what seems like their own promo codes and rebates. Some extremely solid prices for 8th gen Intel computers.
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« Reply #11379 on: December 10, 2017, 03:03:47 AM »
I don't want to post links, but the biggest competing site has a bunch of Dell laptops with what seems like their own promo codes and rebates. Some extremely solid prices for 8th gen Intel computers.
If the site you're referring to is slick, be advised that many posters on that site consider the rebates to be a scam