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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 #5460 on: February 16, 2014, 10:43:15 PM »
csr told me its sold out and my order will not be fulfilled. She said that what I got was an order number not a confirmation number

I got the same story (twice).  Hard to push when it's out of stock.

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« Reply #5461 on: February 17, 2014, 12:03:49 PM »
did three times they said there's a note in the account not to let it through
Same here. Weird!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5462 on: February 17, 2014, 12:08:43 PM »
Acer Aspire V5-561P-6869 Touchscreen Laptop - $449

15.6" 1366x768 LED Touchscreen
Intel Core i5-4200U ULV 1.6GHz (Turbo Boost to 2.6GHz) Dual-Core HASWELL
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
DVD RW Drive

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/995987/Acer-Aspire-V5-561P-6869-Laptop/

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« Reply #5463 on: February 17, 2014, 12:16:40 PM »
Acer Aspire V5-561P-6869 Touchscreen Laptop - $449

15.6" 1366x768 LED Touchscreen
Intel Core i5-4200U ULV 1.6GHz (Turbo Boost to 2.6GHz) Dual-Core HASWELL
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
DVD RW Drive

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/995987/Acer-Aspire-V5-561P-6869-Laptop/
This a great deal?
What generation i5 is this?

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« Reply #5464 on: February 17, 2014, 12:17:53 PM »
4the Gen i5
But it's an Acer...

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« Reply #5465 on: February 17, 2014, 12:18:15 PM »
Link not working for me...

Actually just can't access the Office Depot site at all...
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5466 on: February 17, 2014, 12:20:52 PM »
4the Gen i5
But it's an Acer...
I know many that are happy with acer..

A "tech savvy" friend just told me that with windows 8 you MUST get at least a 6 gb ram- that true?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5467 on: February 17, 2014, 12:33:59 PM »
HP 15T-J100 Quad Edition - $599!!!!
Use Coupon: 50PDS599

4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor
Intel® HD Graphics
8GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
No Internal DVD or CD Drive
6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (9 Hour Battery Life)

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Use Amex Open for Additional Savings!
This is the best price HP ever offered on this system..
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« Reply #5468 on: February 17, 2014, 12:46:12 PM »
HP 15T-J100 Quad Edition - $599!!!!
Use Coupon: 50PDS599

4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor
Intel® HD Graphics
8GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
No Internal DVD or CD Drive
6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (9 Hour Battery Life)



http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E2E34AV?HP-ENVY-15t-j100-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC-ENERGY-STAR-

Use Amex Open for Additional Savings!
This is the best price HP ever offered on this system..

Wish they allowed for Windows 7! Having such a hard time finding a deal on windows 7

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« Reply #5469 on: February 17, 2014, 01:00:40 PM »
You can pretty much install windows 7 on any computer if you know how.

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« Reply #5470 on: February 17, 2014, 01:26:11 PM »
Is it worth it to get the  17 inch non-touch version for $679?

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« Reply #5471 on: February 17, 2014, 02:15:15 PM »
You can pretty much install windows 7 on any computer if you know how.

I dont know how.
Is it complicated

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« Reply #5472 on: February 17, 2014, 02:25:46 PM »
Someone in NYC should be making a killing putting Win7 on everyone's Win8 computers.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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« Reply #5473 on: February 17, 2014, 02:40:54 PM »
Someone in NYC should be making a killing putting Win7 on everyone's Win8 computers.

Agree. With all the deals on Windows 8 I am almost willing to pay someone to "downgrade" to windows 7

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« Reply #5475 on: February 17, 2014, 02:44:55 PM »
Toshiba S55-A5295/A5188 - $499 After Rebate
$50 Rebate
Use Coupon: 15943

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Turbo Boost 2.0
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One Touch Function Keys, Premium Raised Tile LED backlit Keyboard with 10-Keypad
HD Webcam and Microphone
DTS Studio Sound™
4 cell lithium ion battery: Up to 3.7 hours of battery life
5.3 lbs.
Windows 8
1 Year warranty

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How can it be that Staples claims this is out of stock, but you can still order it on line?

Asked rep but answers I cant help you.

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« Reply #5476 on: February 17, 2014, 03:04:19 PM »
Someone in NYC should be making a killing putting Win7 on everyone's Win8 computers.
I do it all the time

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« Reply #5477 on: February 17, 2014, 03:17:25 PM »
I do it all the time
Advertise on the main site :)
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« Reply #5478 on: February 17, 2014, 03:18:26 PM »
What's the point - You'll probably get the credit like you do when you post a deal with a HT :P :P :P :P

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« Reply #5479 on: February 17, 2014, 03:30:01 PM »
Dell inspiron i5-4200u 8gb ram 1tb hdd $499 http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=261400695298&roken=fCALDI