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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 #3380 on: May 05, 2013, 05:13:47 AM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/11-6-X202E-DH31T-Touch-Notebook-PC-Intel-Core-i3-3217U-Processor-/330918086991?customid=jxhmSLUfEeK2u-rs-pUvpQUrv6_uy1Y3_0_0_0&pub=5574652453&afepn=5337259887&campid=5337259887&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item4d0c41494f&afepn=5337259887

Best Price currently
for that price I may have put up with its chisronos, but I really wasn't crazy about it. I'm not surprised it's been dropping in price from the getgo. I'm looking for something with better quality / better specs.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3381 on: May 06, 2013, 01:02:44 PM »
Awesome Amazon Lightning Deal

Dell Inspiron 15 with i5 Processor for $349!!!

Use Coupon Code : INTELPCS

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AM7MM84/?tag=cl03f-20
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3382 on: May 06, 2013, 01:36:13 PM »
@DH
RAM upgradeable?
Vote U-no-me '14!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3383 on: May 06, 2013, 01:38:29 PM »
Awesome Amazon Lightning Deal

Dell Inspiron 15 with i5 Processor for $349!!!

Use Coupon Code : INTELPCS

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AM7MM84?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Thanks!

Do you recommend an upgrade on the ram?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3384 on: May 06, 2013, 01:43:13 PM »
Should be upgradeable to 8GB - this is the same laptop that was on sale for $470 so awesome price!!

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« Reply #3385 on: May 06, 2013, 01:51:26 PM »
Thanks DH, Great Deal

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3386 on: May 06, 2013, 01:52:48 PM »
Awesome Amazon Lightning Deal

Dell Inspiron 15 with i5 Processor for $349!!!

Use Coupon Code : INTELPCS

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AM7MM84?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
thanks so much
Just ordered for my mom

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3387 on: May 06, 2013, 02:04:25 PM »
anything in staples with the $100 off since today is the last day of the grace period?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3388 on: May 06, 2013, 02:33:37 PM »
I just went and tried to buy something with the $100 and they declined me...
Is it somewhere that it states the 2 day grace period?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3389 on: May 06, 2013, 02:36:17 PM »
I just went and tried to buy something with the $100 and they declined me...
Is it somewhere that it states the 2 day grace period?
I don't think so. Its just that the system accepts it until 2 days after the exp date, but of the cashier denies you, then your stuck.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3390 on: May 06, 2013, 02:44:26 PM »
Which staples?

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« Reply #3391 on: May 06, 2013, 03:00:48 PM »
All gone already.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3393 on: May 06, 2013, 03:11:02 PM »
All gone already.
Got waitlisted, and mow its in my cart :) wait around you might get it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3395 on: May 06, 2013, 03:17:44 PM »
No that's a dual core processor which is on dell.com for $300!! this is for a $500 laptop

i sent you a pm please respond

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« Reply #3396 on: May 06, 2013, 04:05:53 PM »
Bought one. PM me to buy it for $400.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3397 on: May 06, 2013, 04:22:53 PM »
I have an extra one I want to cancel it. Does anyone here need one?

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« Reply #3398 on: May 06, 2013, 04:30:19 PM »
did you get the i5? how much was your total?

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« Reply #3399 on: May 06, 2013, 04:40:56 PM »
did you get the i5? how much was your total?
Ya the one you posted.
$380 with tax, I can have it shipped somewhere else if anyone needs, might take off tax that way.
Should I cancel it? I would need to soon before it ships
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