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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
« Reply #7440 on: December 16, 2014, 09:39:41 PM »
Decent price, we had a similar deal a few weeks ago for about $100 less but still good price. As far as reliability - not sure why but HP laptops seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes they last other times they have random issues.
Anything you'd recommend instead ?
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« Reply #7441 on: December 18, 2014, 08:50:53 AM »
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« Reply #7442 on: December 18, 2014, 09:03:45 AM »

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« Reply #7443 on: December 18, 2014, 09:09:27 AM »
It's only $50 off regular price.
It does not matter, its the best value for the money in that range I have ever seen.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7444 on: December 18, 2014, 09:53:06 AM »
It does not matter, its the best value for the money in that range I have ever seen.
It's a celeron! Ddms don't do celeron . Low end laptops can always be found for 200

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7445 on: December 21, 2014, 11:43:59 AM »
looking at the lenovo yoga
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/yoga-laptop-series/yoga-laptop-2-pro/

any thoughts?

would the dell equivalent be a better choice?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7446 on: December 21, 2014, 02:46:28 PM »
any thoughts on the DDMS staples Toshiba?

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/58370

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7447 on: December 22, 2014, 11:29:30 AM »
any thoughts on the DDMS staples Toshiba?

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/58370
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7448 on: December 22, 2014, 04:00:41 PM »
Great deal!

Acer Aspire E5-571P-59QA Signature Edition Laptop
$349.00
(was $599.00) save $250.00
 
15.6-inch HD touchscreen display
Intel Core i5-4210U
4GB memory/500GB HDD
Up to 7 hours battery life
SuperMulti DVD drive

Also comes with no preloaded crapware (besides windows 8 :P )

$349

If anyone here got this deal it's now listed at $299.
It's out of stock, but good for a price adjustment on previous orders.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7449 on: December 22, 2014, 05:07:15 PM »
If anyone here got this deal it's now listed at $299.
It's out of stock, but good for a price adjustment on previous orders.

Thanks!
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7450 on: December 22, 2014, 08:46:15 PM »
looking at the lenovo yoga
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/yoga-laptop-series/yoga-laptop-2-pro/

any thoughts?

would the dell equivalent be a better choice?
I have it and am very happy with it.
I like this better than the dell.
check out bestbuy they usually have better prices/value for this computer.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7451 on: December 23, 2014, 10:31:27 AM »
You can get the Lenovo Flex 2 which is pretty similar to the Yoga for $499 at the Microsoft Store now.

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« Reply #7452 on: December 23, 2014, 12:40:24 PM »
You can get the Lenovo Flex 2 which is pretty similar to the Yoga for $499 at the Microsoft Store now.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7453 on: December 23, 2014, 05:36:46 PM »
I am looking for 27 inch screen for my pc any good deals out there ?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7454 on: December 23, 2014, 08:52:44 PM »
any good deals for desktops? looking for 8GB ram THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7455 on: December 23, 2014, 09:45:32 PM »
Looking for a good laptop $300 (max $400).
Mostly for office use, & a bit of graphics.

Preferable a i5 (not a processor ending with a "U") + a graphics card

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7456 on: December 23, 2014, 10:58:33 PM »
Looking for a good laptop $300 (max $400).
Mostly for office use, & a bit of graphics.

Preferable a i5 (not a processor ending with a "U") + a graphics card
What's wrong with the u processors?

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« Reply #7457 on: December 23, 2014, 11:21:39 PM »
I am looking for 27 inch screen for my pc any good deals out there ?
Dell 27" Screen for $299 - Includes $100 Gift Card

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=210-ADJE

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« Reply #7458 on: December 23, 2014, 11:22:18 PM »
Looking for a good laptop $300 (max $400).
Mostly for office use, & a bit of graphics.

Preferable a i5 (not a processor ending with a "U") + a graphics card

Nothing close to that for that price...

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7459 on: December 23, 2014, 11:23:26 PM »
What's wrong with the u processors?
U Processors are much slower and aren't quad core. They have better battery life but don't really help you as far as multi-tasking is concerned when compared to the other M processors or Q.