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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 #10041 on: November 20, 2016, 09:03:42 PM »
Which do you think is better...I trade stocks so lot of info coming in and out quickly:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-310-15ikb-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-textured-ebony-black/5643500.p?skuId=5643500

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-Aspire-E5-575-72L3-15.6-Laptop-Windows-10-Home-Intel-Core-i7-6500U-Dual-Core-Processor-8GB-Memory-1TB-Hard-Drive/51708815?u1=ivreikq8z700we6f0009i&oid=465442.1&wmlspartner=je6NUbpObpQ&sourceid=20198648633449059505&affillinktype=10&veh=aff


Appreciate opinions!
Between these two it is a tough call. Acer is supposedly not as good as Lenovo but the i7 is obviously better. But are you in a rush? If not why not wait for BF and take one of these:

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-Inspiron-15-i5559-4682SLV-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.333090100?icid=gm_17hol_bfpre_modF_dellinspiron15
Will be $399 on 11/24. It has the same specs than the Lenovo, and it is from Dell (which is considered better,) plus a touch screen and higher resolution. And for 50 bucks less.

Or for $499 this from Stapels (also online on 11/24.) It is an HP (clearly considered better than Acer) also an i7 but with 12GB of RAM instead of 8, and a higher-res screen:
http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-au063nr-156-Intel-Core-i7-6500U-Processor-12-GB/product_2286584

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10042 on: November 20, 2016, 11:20:06 PM »
Can I get some opinions? TIA
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/702293/HP-15-ay198nr-Laptop-156-Touchscreen/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $499
Or
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/762083/Lenovo-ideapad-310-Laptop156-Screen-Intel/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $489.
Or

Or for $499 this from Stapels (also online on 11/24.) It is an HP (clearly considered better than Acer) also an i7 but with 12GB of RAM instead of 8, and a higher-res screen:
http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-au063nr-156-Intel-Core-i7-6500U-Processor-12-GB/product_2286584

I know ssd is usually preferred over hdd, but but does 12gb ram instead of 8gb trump that?


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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10043 on: November 20, 2016, 11:35:59 PM »
Can I get some opinions? TIA
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/702293/HP-15-ay198nr-Laptop-156-Touchscreen/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $499
Or
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/762083/Lenovo-ideapad-310-Laptop156-Screen-Intel/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $489.
Or

I know ssd is usually preferred over hdd, but but does 12gb ram instead of 8gb trump that?
If you go with the 12GB RAM than the HP from Stapels is certainly worth the 10 bucks more than the Lenovo from OfficeDepot. (higher-resolution display, and HP.)

As for the one with the SSD. SSDs are a really good thing to have, but you need to know if 256 GB will be enough for your local storage habits. If it is, then I'd say that if the laptop is for normal everyday use nothing too demanding, the SSD will make a bigger difference than the 12 GB.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10044 on: November 21, 2016, 08:14:53 AM »
Can I get some opinions? TIA
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/702293/HP-15-ay198nr-Laptop-156-Touchscreen/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $499
Or
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/762083/Lenovo-ideapad-310-Laptop156-Screen-Intel/?cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-3229770-_-11263938. For $489.
Or

I know ssd is usually preferred over hdd, but but does 12gb ram instead of 8gb trump that?
An SSD makes a huge difference that even the least tech savvy users will notice, having 12gb ram instead of 8gb will probably not even make a difference for most users. If you are maxing out 8gb you will very quickly max out 12gb because it usually means something is not working properly, for example if you have a lot of browser tabs open it can max out your memory but having more memory won't get you far at all because once you have a lot of tabs open for a few days it won't be long at all before it maxes out the extra ram.
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 #10045 on: November 21, 2016, 12:01:14 PM »
$499 good price? 
After coupon code DOORBUSTER1


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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10046 on: November 21, 2016, 12:04:29 PM »

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10047 on: November 21, 2016, 12:42:26 PM »
$499 good price? 
After coupon code DOORBUSTER1


http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/flex-series/flex-3-15/?
$499? Says $449 for me.

It has a very small hard drive (only 128 GB). But if you will store almost no files on it (let's say it is mainly for browsing and word processing, which aren't big files, or you rely on an external drive anyway) this is definitely a good machine and at a really good price!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10050 on: November 22, 2016, 09:38:14 AM »
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i3-6gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5579387.p?skuId=5579387

is 249.99 a good price for this? is it a good laptop for basic use?
I see $349 now but to answer your questions yes and yes
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 #10051 on: November 22, 2016, 09:46:05 AM »
I see $349 now but to answer your questions yes and yes
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« Reply #10052 on: November 22, 2016, 10:12:32 AM »
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does it pay to spring for this now or wait for cybe Monday? need basic laptop for word processing, photo editing, browsing... home use
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« Reply #10053 on: November 22, 2016, 11:04:11 PM »
Is this a good deal for $270?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10054 on: November 22, 2016, 11:25:40 PM »
I see $349 now but to answer your questions yes and yes
Easy to upgrade RAM?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10055 on: November 22, 2016, 11:40:02 PM »
Easy to upgrade RAM?
Not very easy, it doesn't have doors on the bottom for upgrading, you gotta disassemble the whole base. (see here.)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10057 on: November 23, 2016, 12:02:11 AM »
Which do you think is better...I trade stocks so lot of info coming in and out quickly:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-310-15ikb-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-textured-ebony-black/5643500.p?skuId=5643500



Appreciate opinions!
What about this one compared to that, is it much of a difference in speed? This one will be on sale for 349 on bf

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5579395.p?skuId=5579395

I use it for programming

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10059 on: November 23, 2016, 12:49:47 AM »