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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 #8240 on: June 16, 2015, 12:23:56 AM »
I didn't bother looking into it till now, it's not a bad price because it's an ultra book but not too good
Y not

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8241 on: June 16, 2015, 06:33:07 AM »
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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« Reply #8242 on: June 16, 2015, 11:21:57 PM »
Correct
The truth is you can really just get a 250gb ssd and keep the 300 HDD for storage, the ONLY performance difference will be transfer speeds to the HDD which should barely make any difference to you
this was an incredible experience, and so smooth and easy. doing the software part now, hopefully will be as smooth.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8243 on: June 17, 2015, 10:49:14 AM »
Asus 15.6 HD Gaming Notebook i7 4720HQ 12GB RAM 750GB HDD 7200RPM $800

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121656115178?rmvSB=true

sells on amazon for $1000
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XTIT71I/
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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« Reply #8244 on: June 18, 2015, 09:38:46 AM »

Refurbished: DELL Latitude E6410 Notebook Intel Core i5 2.40GHz 4GB Memory 250GB HDD 14" Windows 7 Professional 64Bit - 18 Month Warranty and Pre-Installed 30 Day Trial of Microsoft Office 365
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16834299157&nm_mc=AFC-dealnews&cm_mmc=AFC-dealnews-_-NA-_-NA-_-N82E16834299157

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« Reply #8246 on: June 18, 2015, 08:22:28 PM »
Refurbished: DELL Latitude E6410 Notebook Intel Core i5 2.40GHz 4GB Memory 250GB HDD 14" Windows 7 Professional 64Bit - 18 Month Warranty and Pre-Installed 30 Day Trial of Microsoft Office 365
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16834299157&nm_mc=AFC-dealnews&cm_mmc=AFC-dealnews-_-NA-_-NA-_-N82E16834299157
Is this very heavy?

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« Reply #8247 on: June 18, 2015, 08:33:17 PM »
Is this very heavy?
Seems kind of old yes.

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I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8250 on: June 19, 2015, 11:41:33 AM »
Junk
the price isn't good for the specs it has?  Look at my post above of what I am looking for...  Still Junk?

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« Reply #8251 on: June 19, 2015, 11:43:19 AM »
the price isn't good for the specs it has?  Look at my post above of what I am looking for...  Still Junk?
Yes real junk
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« Reply #8252 on: June 19, 2015, 11:53:33 AM »

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« Reply #8253 on: June 19, 2015, 11:57:22 AM »
TODAY ONLY. Toshiba has their Satellite L50-BBT2N22 Intel Core i7-4510U Dual-Core HASWELL 15.6" Notebook Computer for a low $499.99 Free Shipping after $100 Coupon Code: "DJL5019" (Exp soon). Tax in most states.

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4.85lbs; 15.6" 1366x768 LED LCD display
Intel Core i7-4510U HASWELL 2GHz Dual-core CPU (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)
Fusion Finish in Satin Gold, Skullcandy DTS sound
4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVD burner, 802.11n WiFi + Bluetooth, Ethernet
Windows 8.1 operating system
Intel HD 4400 integrated graphics w/ HDMI & VGA output
2x USB 3.0, Card Reader, 4-cell 45WHr battery, 1-year warranty

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« Reply #8254 on: June 19, 2015, 12:52:15 PM »
Looking to buy 2 laptops for me and sibling. Don't want it to be too heavy or too small, good for using excel/word and online streaming. Price under $1000 each. Any suggestions?
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« Reply #8255 on: June 22, 2015, 09:08:10 PM »
Dell Inspiron i3542-5000BK 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop for $368.

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« Reply #8256 on: June 22, 2015, 09:12:44 PM »
Dell Inspiron i3542-5000BK 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop for $368.

amazon
Other seller has it for $340 + 8.49 shipping.

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« Reply #8257 on: June 23, 2015, 10:21:11 AM »
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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« Reply #8258 on: June 23, 2015, 01:48:19 PM »
is the main site laptop a good deal for a basic laptop
mostly for word, outlook, adobe and a few other programs going at once?

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« Reply #8259 on: June 23, 2015, 02:13:55 PM »
is the main site laptop a good deal for a basic laptop
mostly for word, outlook, adobe and a few other programs going at once?
Which adobe program?