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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 #9380 on: January 06, 2016, 06:34:21 PM »
I'd like to understand the different types of displays. I'm not going to ask if you can explain it, but can you point to a simple clear article where it is explained? Thanks.
Back from Montreal... What do you want to know/understand? All laptops are basically LCD. Do you want to learn about the screen resolution? Graphics Cards? Touch screen digitizers?

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« Reply #9381 on: January 06, 2016, 06:41:22 PM »
Back from Montreal... What do you want to know/understand? All laptops are basically LCD. Do you want to learn about the screen resolution? Graphics Cards? Touch screen digitizers?
Welcome back Torontoguy, from Montreal to Lakewood(?)!
Not so sophisticated. :)
On Amazon, there is a list under" Display":
Touchscreen, Backlit, LED ,  Multi-Touch, 3D, and  LCD
What are all of these?

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« Reply #9382 on: January 06, 2016, 07:24:56 PM »
I'm not referring to this particular case, but generally OEMs do sometimes release new models with 2 gen old processors.
I didn't know that.
I personally wouldn't want to buy a computer with an older processor, if this is supposed to last a few years I don't want to be starting out with a 18 month old processor (though I did buy an S4 last January so who am I to talk  :)).

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9383 on: January 06, 2016, 10:49:31 PM »
It's hard to say, but I would not. But $650 for a Dell i7 with 8GB RAM is still a good deal. (Where do you have it for this price? In my link to Dell you cannot change it to an i7.)
No not on dells site i have a credit to b&h and im buuing it there and the i5 is 679 and the i7 is 799

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« Reply #9384 on: January 09, 2016, 10:54:58 PM »

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« Reply #9385 on: January 17, 2016, 12:00:24 PM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331751176819?rmvSB=true

Acer Aspire 15.6" Touchscreen Laptop, i5-5200U 2.2GHz, 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD

$400

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« Reply #9386 on: January 17, 2016, 02:31:53 PM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331751176819?rmvSB=true

Acer Aspire 15.6" Touchscreen Laptop, i5-5200U 2.2GHz, 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD

$400
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« Reply #9387 on: January 17, 2016, 03:43:37 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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« Reply #9388 on: January 18, 2016, 11:18:11 AM »
interesting article http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/find-best-laptop-600/
cmon peeps, need a good deal i can get shipped in a couple days on a basic (minimum i3) with a good full HD screen with touch capability for around 350. pretty please ??

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9389 on: January 19, 2016, 11:50:32 PM »
Need to order a laptop fro some today

Was asked for i5/i7  4GB Ram win 10 
Will be used to work 5 hours a day 4 days a week, so I think she needs a decent screen.
Budget up to 6-7 hundred

Any recommendations?   

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« Reply #9390 on: January 20, 2016, 01:37:19 AM »
Need to order a laptop fro some today

Was asked for i5/i7  4GB Ram win 10 
Will be used to work 5 hours a day 4 days a week, so I think she needs a decent screen.
Budget up to 6-7 hundred

Any recommendations?
Definitely get more then 4GB RAM

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« Reply #9391 on: January 20, 2016, 03:11:10 AM »
Definitely get more then 4GB RAM
"Was asked for" Rule No. 1 in IT. NEVER GIVE MORE THEN THEY ASK FOR!!

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« Reply #9392 on: January 20, 2016, 03:50:27 AM »
"Was asked for" Rule No. 1 in IT. NEVER GIVE MORE THEN THEY ASK FOR!!
I'm not an IT guy,  but if it was me if get 8gb, or the requestor will have tainos that their computer is slow on the buyer

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« Reply #9393 on: January 20, 2016, 10:35:46 AM »
I'm not an IT guy,  but if it was me if get 8gb, or the requestor will have tainos that their computer is slow on the buyer
Or at least tell them why you recommend it, so that if they complain you can say "I told you so"
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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« Reply #9394 on: January 20, 2016, 11:11:57 AM »
Need to order a laptop fro some today

Was asked for i5/i7  4GB Ram win 10 
Will be used to work 5 hours a day 4 days a week, so I think she needs a decent screen.
Budget up to 6-7 hundred

Any recommendations?

I'll take an 8GB no problem, I'm just lost searching

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« Reply #9396 on: January 20, 2016, 06:50:12 PM »
Anyone knows what makes Dan decide to post this laptop: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/82982 when there are other laptops on sale?

I'm looking to buy a good laptop and was looking at this one too: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Yoga-12-Ultrabook-Intel-Core-i3-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-Win8Pro-Win10-Upgrade/301789341354?hash=item46440be6aa

How do they compare? Any recommendation/ideas would be appreciated :)
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« Reply #9397 on: January 20, 2016, 11:59:49 PM »
Anyone knows what makes Dan decide to post this laptop: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/82982 when there are other laptops on sale?

I'm looking to buy a good laptop and was looking at this one too: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Yoga-12-Ultrabook-Intel-Core-i3-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-Win8Pro-Win10-Upgrade/301789341354?hash=item46440be6aa

How do they compare? Any recommendation/ideas would be appreciated :)

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« Reply #9398 on: January 21, 2016, 01:16:02 AM »
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« Reply #9399 on: January 21, 2016, 04:32:58 AM »
Anyone knows what makes Dan decide to post this laptop: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/82982 when there are other laptops on sale?
If it's a good price compared to the regular price, he posts it.
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