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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 #6420 on: July 03, 2014, 10:45:16 PM »
Use the Amex $75 off

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6421 on: July 03, 2014, 10:45:40 PM »
Make sure to use the Amex $75 off

Will do. Thanks so much for your help, again! I really appreciate it.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6422 on: July 03, 2014, 10:48:56 PM »
Will do. Thanks so much for your help, again! I really appreciate it.

If I add a $200 tablet, and subsequently return it, does anyone know if Amex will claw back the 2nd $75 credit?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6423 on: July 03, 2014, 10:51:46 PM »
Heard reports both ways.

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« Reply #6424 on: July 03, 2014, 10:53:44 PM »
Heard reports both ways.

Okay. I will try it and add another report
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6425 on: July 04, 2014, 11:56:07 AM »
Drat. I bought the i5 two days ago and now Dan posted an i7 for not much more. Wonder if hp  will allow me to upgrade.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6426 on: July 04, 2014, 12:04:14 PM »
Drat. I bought the i5 two days ago and now Dan posted an i7 for not much more. Wonder if hp  will allow me to upgrade.
Either upgrade or cancel... Are they easy going like that?

Unfortunately I will have to wait until after shabbos since I am taking it in now.. Hope it's still available. And hope there will be someone to talk to about it (work during weekends..)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6427 on: July 04, 2014, 02:59:48 PM »
if I buy the hp on ddms, is it good deal to add microsoft home&student 2013 for $100?

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« Reply #6428 on: July 04, 2014, 03:03:08 PM »
if I buy the hp on ddms, is it good deal to add microsoft home&student 2013 for $100?

First try to find it on Eaby or DDF. I bought it on DDF for $50
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6429 on: July 04, 2014, 05:16:48 PM »
@DHDataRecovery

I just ordered the laptop you recommended for my father. Thank you very much.

To everyone else who is considering ordering, call up a sales specialist before you order and they may apply a coupon or savings. They gave me an additional $25 off.

Total was $328. I paid with two Amex cards, so 478-150= $328. (I ordered an Ipad, which I plan on returning and hope they don't claw back the 2nd credit)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6430 on: July 04, 2014, 06:16:26 PM »
any deals to be had on a touchscreen?

IS $400 for this laptop (upgraded to an A6 processor and 6GB RAM) a good deal? 

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/G1C46AV?HP-Pavilion-14z-Touch

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6431 on: July 04, 2014, 06:31:15 PM »
15 inch touchscreen. Same specs as the win 8 computer DH posted a few days ago (and Dan posted on DDMS).

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/J1H35AV?HP-ENVY-15t-Touch
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6432 on: July 05, 2014, 10:31:33 PM »
@DHDataRecovery

I just ordered the laptop you recommended for my father. Thank you very much.

To everyone else who is considering ordering, call up a sales specialist before you order and they may apply a coupon or savings. They gave me an additional $25 off.

Total was $328. I paid with two Amex cards, so 478-150= $328. (I ordered an Ipad, which I plan on returning and hope they don't claw back the 2nd credit)

I forgot subtract the $25, so the final cost was $303
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6433 on: July 05, 2014, 10:52:30 PM »
15 inch touchscreen. Same specs as the win 8 computer DH posted a few days ago (and Dan posted on DDMS).

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/J1H35AV?HP-ENVY-15t-Touch
More expensive, no?

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« Reply #6434 on: July 05, 2014, 10:59:04 PM »
More expensive, no?

$524.99 +tax With 2 AMEX Cards and $25 off coupon

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6435 on: July 05, 2014, 11:00:44 PM »
Yes because you used 2 Amex $75 off, but starting price is higher..
On a side not, I believe you need the total to be $350 on each card to get the $75 credit...

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6436 on: July 05, 2014, 11:02:57 PM »
Yes because you used 2 Amex $75 off, but starting price is higher..
On a side not, I believe you need the total to be $350 on each card to get the $75 credit...
correct

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6437 on: July 05, 2014, 11:04:37 PM »
correct

Yes, that is correct. As I mentioned above, add an HP touch pad to reach the 700, and then return within 21 days of purchase. Many have reported on DDF that HP will not claw back the credit.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6438 on: July 05, 2014, 11:05:56 PM »
Yes because you used 2 Amex $75 off, but starting price is higher..
On a side not, I believe you need the total to be $350 on each card to get the $75 credit...

Before tax the touchscreen envy comes to $525 and the non touchscreen envy comes to $494.
DH do you think that its worth $30 for touchscreen?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #6439 on: July 05, 2014, 11:06:20 PM »
Yes, that is correct. As I mentioned above, add an HP touch pad to reach the 700, and then return within 21 days of purchase. Many have reported on DDF that HP will not claw back the credit.
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