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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 #6260 on: June 24, 2014, 09:26:18 PM »
Half the reviews are nonsense (don't like windows 8, want better processor etc) the rest say it feels flimsy.. Like I said I'm waiting for a big shipment if them so didn't test it yet
some complaints about the mouse pad build etc.

Im relying on u and buying one

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« Reply #6261 on: June 24, 2014, 09:39:25 PM »
Don't rely on me... didnt see it yet. Rather get the Inspiron 5000 series but more expensive

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Solid!

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« Reply #6265 on: June 25, 2014, 12:03:49 AM »
Anything similar that Has optical drive?
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« Reply #6266 on: June 25, 2014, 12:25:57 AM »
The series beneath this one. Inspiron 15 5000 does come with one

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« Reply #6267 on: June 25, 2014, 12:34:25 AM »
Work excel etc i3 will suffice. Pro tools should use a better system. Will post something later

No rush at all. I am just wondering if you had a chance to research this topic. Which laptop do you recommend?

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« Reply #6268 on: June 25, 2014, 04:31:46 AM »
Use email addresses and gmail trick...
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« Reply #6269 on: June 25, 2014, 05:45:37 AM »
No rush at all. I am just wondering if you had a chance to research this topic. Which laptop do you recommend?

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Use the Dell coupons available now and get an i5 with 8gb ram or so.

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« Reply #6270 on: June 25, 2014, 07:16:50 AM »
The series beneath this one. Inspiron 15 5000 does come with one
Seems Only the 3000 does. The 17 5000 does but 17 inch screen is a big for me tho.
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« Reply #6271 on: June 25, 2014, 08:20:10 AM »
I got a couple yesterday
Is it one out of 10 or one out of 100?

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« Reply #6272 on: June 25, 2014, 10:31:03 AM »
Use the Dell coupons available now and get an i5 with 8gb ram or so.

Thanks. How does this one sound? An Inspiron 15 3000 Series.  http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3542-laptop/pd?oc=fncwg2310b&model_id=inspiron-15-3542-laptop . After coupon, it comes out to $494.99.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6273 on: June 25, 2014, 10:51:30 AM »

Thanks. How does this one sound? An Inspiron 15 3000 Series.  http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3542-laptop/pd?oc=fncwg2310b&model_id=inspiron-15-3542-laptop . After coupon, it comes out to $494.99.

Thanks again for your help.
this is actually the same as above for $449 without the coupon. When you search it yourself it comes up as $549, and with that link it shows up as $449.

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« Reply #6274 on: June 25, 2014, 10:53:15 AM »
this is actually the same as above for $449 without the coupon. When you search it yourself it comes up as $549, and with that link it shows up as $449.

That is quite strange. Why the discrepancy?
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« Reply #6275 on: June 25, 2014, 11:59:58 AM »
Seems like those Dell coupons are dead

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« Reply #6276 on: June 25, 2014, 01:04:02 PM »
The coupons stopped working?

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The coupons stopped working?

Yeah. I am on the phone for Customer service because it was working in my cart and then I returned to it 20 minutes later and it stopped working.
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« Reply #6278 on: June 25, 2014, 02:01:49 PM »
Looking to buy a Surface Pro 3 with at least 256GB & Intel i5.

(For a business partner as a Laptop replacement)

Any suggestion on where to get the best deal? Or for any comparable windows tablet with similar specs?

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« Reply #6279 on: June 25, 2014, 02:40:07 PM »
Yeah. I am on the phone for Customer service because it was working in my cart and then I returned to it 20 minutes later and it stopped working.

The coupon code wasn't working in the cart, but after I called they applied it manually.
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