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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 #12280 on: April 27, 2020, 01:46:09 PM »
Hmmm... so is there anything specific to recommend? I also looked for a decent laptop in the $300-$400 range but couldn't find anything so was thinking to go the chromebook/tablet route.
Sorry my mistake, I thought you were referring to the $850 laptop above.
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« Reply #12281 on: April 27, 2020, 01:46:39 PM »
Sorry my mistake, I thought you were referring to the $850 laptop above.
Oh :D yeah that makes more sense!
Should be good enough, big webpages might take a second, but otherwise good enough for very basic web browsing.
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« Reply #12284 on: April 29, 2020, 05:34:34 PM »
4GB Ram, 16GB Intel Optane.
Not 4+16gb ram.
Oops, I copied the info from a listing, I don't know much about specs


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« Reply #12286 on: April 30, 2020, 03:52:35 PM »
Quote from: sol19
Acer Aspire 5, 14" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8565U, 8GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home $569
Display: 14" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Widescreen LED-backlit Display
Processor: 8th Generation Intel® Core i7-8565U Processor (Up to 4.6GHz)
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« Reply #12288 on: May 03, 2020, 12:19:53 PM »
I was asked to look for a laptop under 350 for a family member. Since that's a relatively low budget I was considering a used Thinkpad from eBay. But I didn't know there were a ton of models.

Any specific model you'd recommend? Or any other laptop in that price range?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12289 on: May 03, 2020, 02:29:31 PM »
I was asked to look for a laptop under 350 for a family member. Since that's a relatively low budget I was considering a used Thinkpad from eBay. But I didn't know there were a ton of models.

Any specific model you'd recommend? Or any other laptop in that price range?
For a bit more - $375 (after 5% via coupon "COUPON5" or "EXTRAFIVE") - this might be a good option:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-100-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S145-15IWL/p/81W80000US?clickid=y%3AmwzYw4cxyORz2wUx0Mo38TUkizgGwfJ2apV80&irgwc=1&PID=10577&acid=ww%3Aaffiliate%3Abv0as6

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« Reply #12290 on: May 03, 2020, 03:19:05 PM »
Seems like a pretty starter  or backup computer!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12291 on: May 04, 2020, 02:40:15 AM »
Sale @ LENOVO.com
40% off ThinkPad laptops

Use code: THINKMAY
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12292 on: May 04, 2020, 02:45:05 AM »
Sale @ LENOVO.com
40% off ThinkPad laptops

Use code: THINKMAY
on all laptops?

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« Reply #12294 on: May 04, 2020, 01:47:37 PM »
AiCPA everyday discounts on Lenovo are fantastic.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12295 on: May 04, 2020, 01:55:39 PM »
Why are there no more dell deals?

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« Reply #12296 on: May 04, 2020, 02:48:48 PM »
Why are there no more dell deals?
They sold a lot of their stock when people started working remotely and they also had tornadoes hit their warehouses.

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« Reply #12297 on: May 04, 2020, 02:59:01 PM »
They sold a lot of their stock when people started working remotely and they also had tornadoes hit their warehouses.
Besides that they were already running tight because of windows 7 EOL with people upgrading hundreds of computers at a time

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« Reply #12298 on: May 04, 2020, 07:52:04 PM »
I'm looking for a powerful laptop 15 or 17" needs to be SSD drive
I need for someone that will use photos photoshop alot (graphics)
Looking for the $1k or more range
The best ones out there

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« Reply #12299 on: May 04, 2020, 08:02:17 PM »
I'm looking for a powerful laptop 15 or 17" needs to be SSD drive
I need for someone that will use photos photoshop alot (graphics)
Looking for the $1k or more range
The best ones out there
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/computer-deals-electronics-on-sale/xps-15-laptop/spd/xps-15-7590-laptop/xnber5cr656ps
A photographer friend got this for a laptop. But desktop is a better option if possible.