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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 #2380 on: January 01, 2013, 05:20:37 PM »
+1

And again "we" have to ride the line between sharing/exposing and being selfish/keeping under wraps.
Then it will stop working

While I agree with your statement I have to disagree with applying it to this offer.

I spoke to a Dell rep and he told me that they have all been given authority during the Holiday season to provide expedited shipping free of charge based on their own discretion.
I double they'll stop it because of more people asking for it.

Seems more like a policy sorta thing which can currently be taken advantage of.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2381 on: January 01, 2013, 05:47:16 PM »
they do it most of the time - not only during holiday season. Most of the time you order anything over a base model if you call them and spend a little time on the phone they will upgrade it to next day. Business machines if you spend some time very often they will give you overnight as well. This isn't really a secret - and doesnt't only work during the holidays. I've done it mnay times - though not by phone don't have th epatience for it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2382 on: January 01, 2013, 06:59:37 PM »
Does anyone know how much money i can get for the gift cards if i want cash? and where i can change them? Thanks!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2383 on: January 01, 2013, 07:37:02 PM »
Does anyone know how much money i can get for the gift cards if i want cash? and where i can change them? Thanks!
Between $100-$125 on eBay

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2384 on: January 02, 2013, 05:38:08 PM »
Never for email confirmation from Dell ordered it on 12 31. Also never charged my amex.

Is this usual?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2385 on: January 02, 2013, 08:27:26 PM »
Never for email confirmation from Dell ordered it on 12 31. Also never charged my amex.

Is this usual?
Yes. Doesn't get charged until it ships
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2386 on: January 02, 2013, 09:04:59 PM »
Not usual that you didn't get confirmation or acknoledgement email. check your dell account

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2387 on: January 02, 2013, 09:09:17 PM »
Yes. Doesn't get charged until it ships

so how will I make the Amex sync credit?

Not usual that you didn't get confirmation or acknoledgement email. check your dell account

I only received an acknowledgement but never received confirmation email that supposed to come within 24-48 hrs

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Re: Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2388 on: January 03, 2013, 12:05:58 AM »
so how will I make the Amex sync credit?

I only received an acknowledgement but never received confirmation email that supposed to come within 24-48 hrs
sync credit should trigger from the pending charge

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Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2389 on: January 03, 2013, 12:13:50 AM »
sync credit should trigger from the pending charge

You get the email right away but I don't think it posts anymore unless the charge hits. At least IME recently

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Re: Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2390 on: January 03, 2013, 12:17:54 AM »
You get the email right away but I don't think it posts anymore unless the charge hits. At least IME recently
correct, you won't get the credit until the charge posts, but you should be eligible once the charge is pending

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2391 on: January 03, 2013, 12:32:51 AM »
check your Dell account for the status if the order shows you should be ok

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« Reply #2392 on: January 03, 2013, 12:37:36 AM »
correct, you won't get the credit until the charge posts, but you should be eligible once the charge is pending

But there is a good chance you will need to send an sm to get it manually credited

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Re: Re: Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2393 on: January 03, 2013, 02:46:12 AM »
sync credit should trigger from the pending charge
There is no pending either!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2394 on: January 03, 2013, 10:02:00 AM »
if you don't see it on Dell, chances are it didn't go thru

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Re: Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2395 on: January 03, 2013, 11:55:16 AM »
if you don't see it on Dell, chances are it didn't go thru
Called them it never went through!  Even though I received an order acknowledgement. Their customer service is horrible I was transferred 5 times.
There is probably no point of ordering as amex promo ended.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2396 on: January 03, 2013, 11:57:13 AM »
Send an sm to amex
Life isn't about checking the boxes. Nobody cares.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2397 on: January 03, 2013, 12:15:22 PM »
it happens sometimes with dell. The rule is unless you get 2 emails - first aknowledgement then confirmation - its very likely that it didnt go thru

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2398 on: January 03, 2013, 07:38:41 PM »
Microsoft Store has the ASUS VivoBook X202E-DH31T - $499 Free Shipping

11.6" Touchscreen Ultrabook
Intel i3-3217U 1.8GHz Dual
4GB DDR3
500GB HDD
1366 x 768 w/ multi-touch
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Use Amex for additional 5% Back
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #2399 on: January 03, 2013, 08:08:30 PM »
Microsoft Store has the ASUS VivoBook X202E-DH31T - $499 Free Shipping

11.6" Touchscreen Ultrabook
Intel i3-3217U 1.8GHz Dual
4GB DDR3
500GB HDD
1366 x 768 w/ multi-touch
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Use Amex for additional 5% Back
I just bought this http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+11.6%22+Touch-Screen+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Steel+Gray/6835267.p;tab=specifications?id=1218808633918&skuId=6835267 on Sunday from Best Buy. Is there much of a difference between them (all I see is that the one from the MIcrosoft store is a 3rd gen processor)? Is it worth the hassle of returning the first one and getting this one instead?
On a side note, I already installed Office on it. If I do return it and get the one from Microsoft, will I be able to use the same license?
Also, I dont have an AMEX business so the $25 is not nogeah for me.
Thanks