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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 #5620 on: April 01, 2014, 03:43:56 PM »
Thanks for the response!
please let me know if you do see something like that

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« Reply #5622 on: April 01, 2014, 04:01:14 PM »
link Use coupon code 95653 to bring it down to 349
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5623 on: April 01, 2014, 04:09:06 PM »
link Use coupon code 95653 to bring it down to 349
isn't the coupon only good for computers priced at 499 and up?

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« Reply #5624 on: April 01, 2014, 04:20:58 PM »
link Use coupon code 95653 to bring it down to 349
looks good

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5625 on: April 01, 2014, 04:27:04 PM »
Dell Inspiron 15 - i5 4th Gen - $449
Use Coupon: 9M91VCNG1V7CFQ

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3537/pd?oc=fndnc1204s&id=642f9fbc-f573-406b-b48f-c6c4a3d8b50d&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
is this a better deal?

Staples: Dell Inspiron i15RVT-6195BLK 15.6″ Touchscreen Laptop with a 4th generation Intel Core i3 Processor for $399 add coupon code: 95653 - 50$ = $349.99.

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« Reply #5626 on: April 01, 2014, 04:27:29 PM »
link Use coupon code 95653 to bring it down to 349
Great Price!

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« Reply #5627 on: April 01, 2014, 04:31:05 PM »
is this a better deal?

Staples: Dell Inspiron i15RVT-6195BLK 15.6″ Touchscreen Laptop with a 4th generation Intel Core i3 Processor for $399 add coupon code: 95653 - 50$ = $349.99.

4th gen Intel Core i3-4010U 3M Cache, 1.7GHz Processor
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ripped straight from KB?

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« Reply #5628 on: April 01, 2014, 04:32:27 PM »
isn't the coupon only good for computers priced at 499 and up?
its officially priced at $500

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« Reply #5629 on: April 01, 2014, 04:32:37 PM »
isn't the coupon only good for computers priced at 499 and up?
working for me

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« Reply #5630 on: April 01, 2014, 04:35:50 PM »
working for me
+1 look at the total of your cart- it should be there

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5631 on: April 01, 2014, 04:54:18 PM »
ripped straight from KB?
Yes it is, now please find your way to hell.

I simply asked whats a better deal.
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« Reply #5632 on: April 01, 2014, 04:56:36 PM »
Yes it is, now please find your way to hell.
Its ok I know the way

but if you would have looked 2 posts ahead of yours you would have seen the same link you posted :P

and yes it seems to be a good deal

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« Reply #5633 on: April 01, 2014, 05:07:09 PM »
ripped straight from KB?

Didn't we learn yesterday that it pay's!!!

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Yes seems that way.

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« Reply #5637 on: April 04, 2014, 12:02:22 PM »
Staples Coupon - 58019

$75 off a Lenovo Laptop (Online or Phone Order)

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Staples Coupon - 58019

$75 off a Lenovo Laptop (Online or Phone Order)
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Any new deals this week