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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 #7820 on: February 23, 2015, 11:25:22 PM »
looking for a cheap laptop 200-300$.I dont use it for anything serious just some internet browsing etc any advice would be great.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7823 on: February 23, 2015, 11:32:17 PM »
is it only for me that the link doest work?
No it's not just you I was in a busy so I didn't check I remembered seeing it so I quoted it, sorry
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7825 on: February 24, 2015, 12:46:44 AM »
looking for a cheap laptop 200-300$.I dont use it for anything serious just some internet browsing etc any advice would be great.
this is a good idea
http://www.dailysteals.com/p/47991/Dell-Latitude-E6220-Laptop
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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« Reply #7826 on: February 24, 2015, 08:15:01 AM »
Not sure about that one what gen processer is that? (looks to be old look at the rest of the setup 250 gb hd?) this is not a great deal but best i have at the moment         http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/243bc56b4fd3d4af45198cf3129cbe43/

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7827 on: February 24, 2015, 08:17:13 AM »
And if it as very old then not only do u have to worry bout processor, the battery life will stink

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7828 on: February 24, 2015, 09:09:09 AM »
Not sure about that one what gen processer is that? (looks to be old look at the rest of the setup 250 gb hd?) this is not a great deal but best i have at the moment         http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/243bc56b4fd3d4af45198cf3129cbe43/
The processor in the one I posted benchmarked pretty well for a computer in that price range
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7829 on: February 25, 2015, 03:59:59 PM »
Is the Lenova y40 a good deal at $609
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/
Thank you for your help
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7830 on: February 25, 2015, 04:07:31 PM »
Is the Lenova y40 a good deal at $609
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/
Thank you for your help
how do you get it for $609?
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7831 on: February 25, 2015, 05:16:53 PM »
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7832 on: February 25, 2015, 05:34:35 PM »
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Then it's a pretty good price
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7833 on: February 25, 2015, 07:19:57 PM »
Is Lenovo's site down?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7834 on: February 25, 2015, 07:24:07 PM »
Is Lenovo's site down?
they are going through some sever error... just got off the phone with them

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« Reply #7835 on: February 25, 2015, 07:27:31 PM »
Thanks, does that mean the deal is dead?

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« Reply #7836 on: February 25, 2015, 07:30:21 PM »
Thanks, does that mean the deal is dead?
it means that....the site has issues to access it.... lol..... um.. I don't know of the deal is done..... but it's funny because I am using my phone and the site works fine... try that.

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« Reply #7837 on: February 25, 2015, 08:08:23 PM »
Seems like a good deal. $700
15" 1080p
Asus N Series FHD 15.6" Notebook,Intel i7-4700Hq, 12GB Ram, 1TB HDD, GT840M 2GB

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371265414757?rmvSB=true
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7838 on: March 01, 2015, 01:13:05 PM »
I am looking for a solid deal on an ultrabook. Thinking of dell xps 13 w touch screen (i%, 256gb, 8gb ram). The cheapest I found was $1139 w a 10% "student" edu discount at the microsoft store...and they;'re also out of stock. Dell has it for $1399. I am open to other brands, but the infinity screen looks so hot.

Any suggestions, deals, ideas, thoughts on other ultrabooks or to get this cheaper? Thanks!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #7839 on: March 01, 2015, 04:20:10 PM »
I am looking for a solid deal on an ultrabook. Thinking of dell xps 13 w touch screen (i%, 256gb, 8gb ram). The cheapest I found was $1139 w a 10% "student" edu discount at the microsoft store...and they;'re also out of stock. Dell has it for $1399. I am open to other brands, but the infinity screen looks so hot.

Any suggestions, deals, ideas, thoughts on other ultrabooks or to get this cheaper? Thanks!

How about Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro or Microsoft Surface 3