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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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Dell - 15.6" Inspiron Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Diamond Black
« Reply #1040 on: August 16, 2012, 11:18:11 AM »
Dell - 15.6" Inspiron Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Diamond Black for $349.99 http://bby.us/?c=BB009905892041

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Dell - 15.6" Inspiron Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Diamond Black for $349.99 http://bby.us/?c=BB009905892041
amd processor :(

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i saw that didnt know what it is whats amd?

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Dell - 14" Inspiron Laptop - 6GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
« Reply #1043 on: August 16, 2012, 11:31:03 AM »
Dell - 14" Inspiron Laptop - 6GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black for $449.99 yes its 14" but its a i5 processor  http://bby.us/?c=BB009904875227

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AMD is Intel's competition, and it usually sells for a little less then comparable Intel processor's

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If anyone is buying this - please PM me first. I have $30 of best buy gift cards that I want to sell at 20% off for $24.

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Re: Dell - 14" Inspiron Laptop - 6GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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If anyone is buying this - please PM me first. I have $30 of best buy gift cards that I want to sell at 20% off for $24.

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Re: Dell - 14" Inspiron Laptop - 6GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black
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Dell - 14" Inspiron Laptop - 6GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black for $449.99 yes its 14" but its a i5 processor  http://bby.us/?c=BB009904875227
Really good Deal!

Grab before its sold out

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
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I already Posted it earlier today:)

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
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Don't forget to sync Amex to twitter and tweet #AmexBestBuy20 for $20 off a $200 best buy purchase.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1051 on: August 16, 2012, 01:03:46 PM »
@ SideIncomer

The HP Dv7t Quad Edition is back on sale

Coupon - NBH9721

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1054 on: August 16, 2012, 03:02:45 PM »
Here Lenovo G570

i5-2450m, 4GB, 500GB

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1055 on: August 16, 2012, 03:29:44 PM »
Prefer the dell at bb for that price, the 14z is pretty nice

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1056 on: August 16, 2012, 03:33:43 PM »
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The HP Dv7t Quad Edition is back on sale

Coupon - NBH9721

Thanks so much.
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1057 on: August 17, 2012, 05:45:12 AM »
@ SideIncomer

The HP Dv7t Quad Edition is back on sale

Coupon - NBH9721

What's the final cost?

Also, any thoughts on the Lenovo G580 that Dan just posted about?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1058 on: August 17, 2012, 05:56:06 AM »
What a scam. I used a Discover coupon to see how much the Lenovo Y580 would be, and it reduced it from a base cost of around 1,500 to $900. But when I just entered the website without going through Discover, the starting cost was under 1,100.

Dan, does this ever happen with your links?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1059 on: August 17, 2012, 11:43:00 AM »
How does the hp envy 4-1010us sleekbook stack up?

Amazon has it on a lightning sale for $550 (down from $640, $780 list)
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