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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 #10560 on: January 23, 2017, 08:20:23 AM »
Did any members here get in on this deal http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/702293/HP-15-ay198nr-Laptop-156-Touchscreen/ , back in the end of november. My wifi download speeds on this computer are considerably slower than my old laptop a 2010 acer aspire. I pay for downloads speed of 50mbps and I tested them both in the same place for the acer I got a download speed of 48 and on the hp I got like 18. Has anyone else that bought this have the same issue???
You can try updating the driver for the wireless card
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 #10561 on: January 23, 2017, 12:41:14 PM »
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10562 on: January 23, 2017, 02:27:50 PM »
My laptop broke... :(
Looking for a laptop prefer i5, $350 range, any deals today, (becides Lenovo)?

In case you still have not bought anything here's a Dell i5 for 349 from bestbuy - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-6gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5588602.p?skuId=5588602
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10563 on: January 23, 2017, 02:47:06 PM »
In case you still have not bought anything here's a Dell i5 for 349 from bestbuy - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-6gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5588602.p?skuId=5588602
Nice deal, thanks
But I ordered this one

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834266056R&ignorebbr=1

Includes a 256gb SSD worth about $75... For $399
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10564 on: January 23, 2017, 02:50:35 PM »
You can try updating the driver for the wireless card
How do I go about that?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10565 on: January 23, 2017, 02:53:32 PM »
How do I go about that?
In "device manager" right click on the wireless card (under network adapters) go to properties>driver>update driver
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10566 on: January 23, 2017, 03:24:42 PM »
Did any members here get in on this deal http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/702293/HP-15-ay198nr-Laptop-156-Touchscreen/ , back in the end of november. My wifi download speeds on this computer are considerably slower than my old laptop a 2010 acer aspire. I pay for downloads speed of 50mbps and I tested them both in the same place for the acer I got a download speed of 48 and on the hp I got like 18. Has anyone else that bought this have the same issue???

Just the download speed or the upload is also slower?
Tested multiple times from multiple sources?
EG: 1) https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/  2) http://www.speedtest.net/ 3) https://www.verizon.com/speedtest/

If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10567 on: January 23, 2017, 06:10:10 PM »
Just the download speed or the upload is also slower?
Tested multiple times from multiple sources?
EG: 1) https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/  2) http://www.speedtest.net/ 3) https://www.verizon.com/speedtest/
Just tested speedtest.net, and not sure about the upload speeds

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10568 on: January 23, 2017, 06:16:08 PM »
In "device manager" right click on the wireless card (under network adapters) go to properties>driver>update driver
Thank you, I'm getting 43 mpbs now

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« Reply #10569 on: January 23, 2017, 06:16:51 PM »
Thank you, I'm getting 43 mpbs now
Yw
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« Reply #10570 on: January 23, 2017, 08:07:48 PM »
Thank you, I'm getting 43 mpbs now

Just curious, did the driver actually update?
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10571 on: January 23, 2017, 09:35:21 PM »
Nice deal, thanks
But I ordered this one

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834266056R&ignorebbr=1

Includes a 256gb SSD worth about $75... For $399
Currently unavailable

Assuming that you know that it's an open box.
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« Reply #10572 on: January 23, 2017, 11:11:14 PM »
Assuming that you know that it's an open box.
Yes, why?
what can go wrong?

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« Reply #10574 on: January 24, 2017, 12:41:31 AM »
Any good deals on i5 or better ultrabooks? Having trouble finding something. Budget is flexible.

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« Reply #10576 on: January 24, 2017, 06:13:29 AM »
HP - 11.6" Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - HP finish in ash gray and ano silver for $149 from Bestbuy.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-11-6-chromebook-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-16gb-emmc-flash-memory-hp-finish-in-ash-gray-and-ano-silver/5682801.p?skuId=5682801

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« Reply #10578 on: January 24, 2017, 11:59:19 AM »
Just curious, did the driver actually update?
yes it did.
All yesterday it was great, now it's giving me issues again

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« Reply #10579 on: January 24, 2017, 12:26:07 PM »
Any good deals on i5 or better ultrabooks? Having trouble finding something. Budget is flexible.

how about this one: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9RF54S0752
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.