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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 #11200 on: September 12, 2017, 09:44:26 AM »
And ssd

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11201 on: September 12, 2017, 09:55:27 AM »
Any suggestions for something portable? Anything under 800 is fine. Would want 16 gb ram and touchscreen. Thanks
An expandable i5 with 8GB and 256 SSD should be fine, and will likely be cheaper than looking for 16GB.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11202 on: September 12, 2017, 10:05:01 AM »
eBay.com/itm/372063489809
https://www.adorama.com/dei53681024g.html?

This is $600 new from a reputable seller. For $120 you can buy 2*8GB DDR4 RAM sticks, and for $720 you'll have a relatively portable 13.3" Dell Inspiron i7-6500 with an SSD and 16GB RAM.

You can buy a flex 5 for $600 from staples (14", i5-7200, 1080, 256 SSD, 8GB DDR4) and do the same thing.

You can do better than this; I'm just giving examples.
« Last Edit: September 12, 2017, 10:20:11 AM by David Smith »
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11203 on: September 12, 2017, 10:09:40 AM »
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 I7579-0028GRY - 15.6" FHD Touch - 7th Gen i5-7200U - 8GB - 256GB SSD - Gray https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MAY3ZFM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_8O-Tzb4DA5CS8

Seems like a good deal, cheaper then Best Buy

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11204 on: September 12, 2017, 10:14:54 AM »
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11205 on: September 12, 2017, 05:23:42 PM »
Any suggestions for laptop in 500 range. Minimum i5 and 8gb ram. If possibility ssd also
https://m.staples.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-320S-80X4000WUS-14-Laptop-Computer-7th-Gen-Intel-i5-256GB-SSD-8GB-RAM-Win-10-Intel-HD-Graphics-620/product_2716358

If you're not set on FHD, this looks good.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7200U
256 GB SSD
8 GB DDR4
Windows 10 Home
Intel® HD Graphics 620
Up to 11 Hours of battery life
Starting at 3.7 lbs (1.7 kg)
Color: Platinum Silver
1 x USB Type-C™
1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11206 on: September 13, 2017, 10:33:26 AM »
https://m.staples.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-320S-80X4000WUS-14-Laptop-Computer-7th-Gen-Intel-i5-256GB-SSD-8GB-RAM-Win-10-Intel-HD-Graphics-620/product_2716358

If you're not set on FHD, this looks good.

7th Generation Intel Core i5-7200U
256 GB SSD
8 GB DDR4
Windows 10 Home
Intel HD Graphics 620
Up to 11 Hours of battery life
Starting at 3.7 lbs (1.7 kg)
Color: Platinum Silver
1 x USB Type-C
1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0
4-in-1 Card Reader
HDMI
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11209 on: September 24, 2017, 05:21:25 PM »
I would not go with that low specs even for basic use.
even on the Dell?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11210 on: September 24, 2017, 05:23:01 PM »
even on the Dell?
Yes, an i3 and 6GB RAM is somewhat borderline specs, except if you are not willing to pay more than this price (it is pretty good for the price.)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11211 on: September 24, 2017, 05:35:06 PM »
Yes, an i3 and 6GB RAM is somewhat borderline specs, except if you are not willing to pay more than this price (it is pretty good for the price.)
thanx, didn't want to pay more and also have credit at best buy which I don't mind using for this. So Between those two the Dell is definitely better ?

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« Reply #11212 on: September 24, 2017, 05:43:50 PM »
Yes, an i3 and 6GB RAM is somewhat borderline specs, except if you are not willing to pay more than this price (it is pretty good for the price.)
and what about this one https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-15-6-chromebook-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-16gb-solid-state-drive-linen-white/4262900.p?skuId=4262900

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« Reply #11213 on: September 24, 2017, 06:48:23 PM »
thanx, didn't want to pay more and also have credit at best buy which I don't mind using for this. So Between those two the Dell is definitely better ?
Correct, and with a lot.

and what about this one https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-15-6-chromebook-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-16gb-solid-state-drive-linen-white/4262900.p?skuId=4262900
This is a Chromebook (not running Windows), which is a whole diffrent story.

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« Reply #11214 on: September 24, 2017, 06:51:58 PM »
Correct, and with a lot.
This is a Chromebook (not running Windows), which is a whole diffrent story.
thanx again

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11215 on: September 25, 2017, 09:47:59 PM »
Any [good],really cheap (preferably $100) may be used laptop   ?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11216 on: September 25, 2017, 11:53:18 PM »
Any [good],really cheap (preferably $100) may be used laptop   ?
No. (soory...)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11217 on: September 25, 2017, 11:58:25 PM »
What's best lowest price I can get (need it for my worker)
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« Reply #11218 on: September 26, 2017, 12:07:47 AM »
What's best lowest price I can get (need it for my worker)
Normal laptops (you even wrote Good in brackets) or definitely not lower than $250. You don't want your worker using time to wait for a page to load  :-\

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11219 on: September 27, 2017, 10:34:20 PM »
Thoughts about this LENOVO for a basic laptop, word processing, web surfing etc. Reliable?
http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-500-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-510S-14IKB/p/80TK002JUS