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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 #8580 on: October 12, 2015, 05:56:22 PM »
Dell refurbished has a 50% coupon through tomorrow.  I see some pretty good deals on slightly older laptops.  100 day warranty.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8581 on: October 14, 2015, 12:00:01 AM »
HP - Pavilion 17.3" Laptop only $349.99!!!
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6GB Memory
1TB Hard Drive
Natural Silver
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« Reply #8582 on: October 14, 2015, 12:50:53 AM »
HP - Pavilion 17.3" Laptop only $349.99!!!
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no shipping and sold out of areas surrounding Lakewood/Brooklyn

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8585 on: October 15, 2015, 01:22:39 PM »
http://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-elite-x2-1011-11-6-convertible-ultrabook?

Looks good, and is new, but I've read bad things about HP laptops in terms of how long they last.
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« Reply #8586 on: October 17, 2015, 08:16:11 PM »
My laptop became really slow,  I'm useing it basically for Internet and photoshop,  I was told that upgrading the ram wouldn't help that much,  I need to by a new one,   I need a laptop with a fast processer,  not a small screen ,  and of course it should be a good one,  when buying one what should I look for?  what is my cheapest options?
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« Reply #8587 on: October 18, 2015, 12:22:59 PM »
Check out this deal! Regular priced at $1149.99 now just $799 and this is a great computer with awesome specs.

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« Reply #8588 on: October 18, 2015, 12:27:12 PM »
Check out this deal! Regular priced at $1149.99 now just $799 and this is a great computer with awesome specs.
Are you going to post the deal or just tell us that it exists?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8589 on: October 18, 2015, 12:28:03 PM »
HP - Pavilion 17.3" Laptop only $349.99!!!
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it showes $499

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8590 on: October 18, 2015, 12:28:44 PM »
Check out this deal! Regular priced at $1149.99 now just $799 and this is a great computer with awesome specs.
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« Reply #8592 on: October 18, 2015, 12:42:53 PM »
it showes $499
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« Reply #8593 on: October 18, 2015, 03:55:46 PM »
How can I figure out battery life realistically?
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« Reply #8594 on: October 18, 2015, 04:00:22 PM »
How can I figure out battery life realistically?
Fully charge and count the hours?

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« Reply #8595 on: October 18, 2015, 04:01:23 PM »
Fully charge and count the hours?
I meant before buying
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #8596 on: October 18, 2015, 05:33:00 PM »
Looking for a new laptop in the $500 range.


Requirements:

At least i5 processor, preferably even faster.
8GB RAM or more
Don't need more than 500GB HD space.
Preferably touch screen
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Lightweight and compact is a big plus but not at the expense of speed.

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« Reply #8597 on: October 18, 2015, 05:37:00 PM »
Looking for a new laptop in the $500 range.


Requirements:

At least i5 processor, preferably even faster.
8GB RAM or more
Don't need more than 500GB HD space.
Preferably touch screen
13-15inch screen
Lightweight and compact is a big plus but not at the expense of speed.
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/75659

A bit more than $500 though.

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« Reply #8598 on: October 18, 2015, 05:37:36 PM »
Looking for a new laptop in the $500 range.


Requirements:

At least i5 processor, preferably even faster.
8GB RAM or more
Don't need more than 500GB HD space.
Preferably touch screen
13-15inch screen
Lightweight and compact is a big plus but not at the expense of speed.
for a bit more
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« Reply #8599 on: October 18, 2015, 06:02:37 PM »