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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 #9860 on: August 02, 2016, 09:17:49 AM »
Hi,
I'm looking for a laptop  15.6 screen 16 ram  i7 a lot of ram memory  win 10 (or upgradable ) touch screen and a dvdrw
Does anyone have any suggestions  besides for this https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-G50-Touch-Entertainment-Laptop/dp/B01B11LXAC/

It looks pretty good but some of the reviews  had issues  with  the  keyboard ? Anyone  familiar  with  it ?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9861 on: August 02, 2016, 10:01:59 AM »
Hi,
I'm looking for a laptop  15.6 screen 16 ram  i7 a lot of ram memory  win 10 (or upgradable ) touch screen and a dvdrw
Does anyone have any suggestions  besides for this https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-G50-Touch-Entertainment-Laptop/dp/B01B11LXAC/

It looks pretty good but some of the reviews  had issues  with  the  keyboard ? Anyone  familiar  with  it ?
I just bought this. Looks good to me.. I hope so

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01EZ6FDL0

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9862 on: August 02, 2016, 04:19:05 PM »
can anyone tell me if this is a good deal? http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-17-5759-laptop/pd?oc=fndou2434s&model_id=inspiron-17-5759-laptop
i chatted with them and they can give it to me for $538.99
or $666.38 if i take the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 permanent license for this one laptop

i also have the amex offer for purchase on Dell so i can get 10000 amex MR points

im pretty clueless about laptops. i just need something fast. not crazy fast, but fast.

thanks in advance for anyone who can offer help
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9863 on: August 02, 2016, 06:14:52 PM »
Dell Inspiron 13 i7359-8408SLV Signature Edition 2 in 1 PC $700
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-Inspiron-13-i7359-8408SLV-Signature-Edition-2-in-1-PC/productID.333089100
Plus get a free tablet.
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/NuVision-TM800W560L-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.608755100
Nice deal in of itself.
Really sweet with tablet.
Once you add to cart it will ad the tablet as well.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9864 on: August 02, 2016, 10:21:59 PM »
Is this a good deal  for someone who is only going to use this for basic surfing?--

Price available only via Best Buy's official app, "limited time only", possibly today only:

Best Buy has the Lenovo Ideapad 100s 11.6" Windows 10 red laptop: Intel Atom, 2GB Memory, 32GB storage for $109.99 "app  exclusive" price with free shipping or store pickup. SKU 4475000. 4.3/5.0 rating with 1300 reviews.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9865 on: August 03, 2016, 10:08:46 AM »
Dell Inspiron 13 i7359-8408SLV Signature Edition 2 in 1 PC $700
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-Inspiron-13-i7359-8408SLV-Signature-Edition-2-in-1-PC/productID.333089100
Plus get a free tablet.
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/NuVision-TM800W560L-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.608755100
Nice deal in of itself.
Really sweet with tablet.
Once you add to cart it will ad the tablet as well.
Amazon doesn't sell it for much cheaper and the reviews aren't great.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9868 on: August 07, 2016, 12:32:48 AM »
Ripped from sd.
HP offers their premium Envy X360 15.6" 2-in-1 Ultrabook with 1080P IPS Touchscreen Edge to Edge Display, Core i7-6560U 2.2GHz-3.2GHz CPU, 16GB DDR4L 2133MHz Ram, Intel Iris 540 Graphics with 64MB of eDRAM cache, Dual Band WiFi AC + BT 4.2, 128GB M.2 SSD + 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, USB Type C Port, B&O Speaker @ $787.49 with coupon code HPBTS2016NB . Tax in most states.

This is the premium model of HP Laptops with outstanding design and build quality, very high quality Display with 110% sRGB Color spectrum, powerful B&O spkeaer etc.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/PDPStdView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&productId=1327156&storeId=10151

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9869 on: August 09, 2016, 01:45:48 PM »
is this a good deal? final price is now $579
http://www.costco.com/HP-Pavilion-15t-Touchscreen-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7-.product.100301029.html

thanks in advance for any help offered

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9870 on: August 09, 2016, 08:26:11 PM »
I didn't get the 15.6" yet, ask again later in the week, by then I should have opened at least 1 of them
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9871 on: August 09, 2016, 08:30:32 PM »
bump
They only have 1 channel, you'll need an 8gb chip. Also beware, when you open it up the 4 screws in the front are on an angle and if you try to unscrew them without having your screwdriver on an angle you will strip the screws (like I did on the first one).
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9872 on: August 09, 2016, 08:54:43 PM »
is this a good deal? final price is now $579
http://www.costco.com/HP-Pavilion-15t-Touchscreen-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7-.product.100301029.html

thanks in advance for any help offered
although the processor and memory are pluses, these days a good deal would be for at least a full HD screen (1080p vs 1366) and possibly a small solid state drive (much better performance than the 1tb they offer). here's a better offer on costco (if u like their improved warranty) for a good system for a non-graphics intensive computer http://www.costco.com/Lenovo-Flex-4-Series-2-in-1-Touchscreen-Laptop---Intel-Core-i5---1080p.product.100291595.html

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9873 on: August 09, 2016, 11:47:48 PM »
They only have 1 channel, you'll need an 8gb chip. Also beware, when you open it up the 4 screws in the front are on an angle and if you try to unscrew them without having your screwdriver on an angle you will strip the screws (like I did on the first one).
thanks, which should I get between the two?
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/flex-3-%2815-inch%29/CT7127288 or http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-8gb-1-6ghz-pc3-12800-ddr3-laptop-memory-multi/1396124.p?id=1219051117670&skuId=1396124

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9877 on: August 10, 2016, 10:49:10 AM »
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9878 on: August 10, 2016, 10:50:42 AM »
I'm buying around 100 laptops for a school, he ones we have bough in the past have been the dell Pentium 14 inch ones for about $175 apiece.


Now we are looking to spend around $225-$250. Anyone see any good deals recently within that price range?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #9879 on: August 10, 2016, 01:05:58 PM »
thanks, which should I get between the two?
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/flex-3-%2815-inch%29/CT7127288 or http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-8gb-1-6ghz-pc3-12800-ddr3-laptop-memory-multi/1396124.p?id=1219051117670&skuId=1396124
The one from best buy may not even be compatible, IMO just get from crucial, they guarantee the compatibility
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.