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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 #10080 on: November 23, 2016, 04:07:26 PM »
Looking for the best deal on a new Zenbook Flip from a reputable retailer.  Current best price I see for the 512GB SSD is $747...
Amazon (they are the seller) has it for $699 https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ZenBook-Flip-UX360CA-DBM2T-13-3/dp/B01GHQOD8U


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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10083 on: November 23, 2016, 04:18:30 PM »
Microsoft Store BF Sale.
Lots of good stuff goes live at midnight.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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« Reply #10084 on: November 23, 2016, 04:39:04 PM »
Microsoft Store BF Sale.
Lots of good stuff goes live at midnight.
You have no business posting this here! That's what you have a blog for!  ;D

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« Reply #10085 on: November 23, 2016, 04:50:00 PM »
Microsoft Store BF Sale.
Lots of good stuff goes live at midnight.
You have no business posting this here! That's what you have a blog for!  ;D
No No, post it here. forget the blog. Or at least post it here about three hours before you post it there.

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No No, post it here and set up a twitter feed for DDFers only. forget the blog. Or at least post it here about three hours before you post it there.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10087 on: November 23, 2016, 05:02:01 PM »
ASUS ROG G752VT-DH74 17-Inch Gaming Laptop, Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6 GB VRAM, 24 GB DDR4, 1 TB, 256 GB NVMe SSD - $1099

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015ZG9D74/?tag=cl03f-20
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10088 on: November 23, 2016, 06:13:57 PM »
ASUS ROG G752VT-DH74 17-Inch Gaming Laptop, Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6 GB VRAM, 24 GB DDR4, 1 TB, 256 GB NVMe SSD - $1099

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015ZG9D74/?tag=cl03f-20

Looks like same price on Newegg but on Newegg you get a free gamepad and game. Also looks like there's a promo code for 5% off. https://m.newegg.com/Product?ItemNumber=34-232-865

Edit: Code doesn't work since they're giving you free gamepad and game
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10089 on: November 23, 2016, 08:28:32 PM »
Anything worthwhile at this price? $499


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« Reply #10090 on: November 23, 2016, 08:44:28 PM »

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10092 on: November 23, 2016, 10:53:45 PM »
Would you guys prefer the 7th gen i7 7500 or the 6th gen i7 6700hq with quad core?

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« Reply #10094 on: November 23, 2016, 10:57:15 PM »
You can get 12gb of ram and backlit keyboard on a HP for $50 less

http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-au063nr-156-Intel-Core-i7-6500U-Processor-12-GB/product_2286584#/ccs-ft2
But it is not touch. (both have backlit keyboard.)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10095 on: November 23, 2016, 11:00:56 PM »
There's no chance of finding anything worth buying for that price
what about in the 3-400 dollar range?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10097 on: November 23, 2016, 11:11:38 PM »
HP Envy 17 inch
1 tb HDD
i7 6700hq
2.6 ghz
12gb ddr3l ram, expandable to 16
1920*1081 screen res
7.8lb

$680

Deal or no deal?!

Whaddya say?

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« Reply #10099 on: November 23, 2016, 11:15:33 PM »
HP Envy 17 inch
1 tb HDD
i7 6700hq
2.6 ghz
12gb ddr3l ram, expandable to 16
1920*1081 screen res
7.8lb

$680

Deal or no deal?!

Whaddya say?
Certainly a deal. (but I'm not sure if it is that much of a steal...)