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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 #10480 on: January 11, 2017, 03:15:55 PM »
Pretty good specs and price. But Acer...
Acer bad? So should I cancel the order I made for the Acer Spin 5?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10481 on: January 11, 2017, 03:19:32 PM »
Acer bad? So should I cancel the order I made for the Acer Spin 5?

Acer has horrible support! I stay far, far away from Acer. As soon as your warranty is up your completely on your own
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10482 on: January 11, 2017, 04:23:18 PM »
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=70983.0

Lenovo ThinkPad E560 Laptop

Now $399.99 from Adorama through eBay.

Highlights
2.3 GHz Intel Core i5-6200U Dual-Core
4GB of 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM
15.6" Display
HD 1366 x 768 Screen Resolution
Integrated Intel HD Graphics 520
500GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
DVD±RW Drive
802.11ac Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 4.0
4-in-1 Card Reader, Fingerprint Reader
Windows 7 Pro + Windows 10 License

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-E560-15-6-Notebook-Intel-Core-i5-6200U-2-3GHz-500GB-HDD-4GB-RAM-/391668968836

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10483 on: January 11, 2017, 04:23:33 PM »
Acer bad? So should I cancel the order I made for the Acer Spin 5?
You can't do away with a company so easy. Their normal laptops are known to be cheap stuff. But their Chromebooks and convertibles don't have that stigma.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10484 on: January 11, 2017, 04:40:01 PM »
You can't do away with a company so easy. Their normal laptops are known to be cheap stuff. But their Chromebooks and convertibles don't have that stigma.
So it's a good buy regardless of the brand?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10485 on: January 11, 2017, 04:40:57 PM »
So it's a good buy regardless of the brand?
From what I've followed the reviews on their convertible line that is true.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10486 on: January 11, 2017, 04:45:54 PM »
From what I've followed the reviews on their convertible line that is true.
phew, thanks



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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10489 on: January 12, 2017, 02:16:21 PM »
I'd go for the first one.
Even though it's AMD?
« Last Edit: January 12, 2017, 02:19:26 PM by keemster26 »

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10490 on: January 12, 2017, 02:30:34 PM »
Even though it's AMD?
Yes. AMD isn't 'bad', you just need to know to which Intel CPU it is equivalent. These i3s are 5th gen (we're now at 7th gen) and aren't significantly better than this AMD one. And the price is a big difference.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10491 on: January 12, 2017, 02:51:51 PM »
Yes. AMD isn't 'bad', you just need to know to which Intel CPU it is equivalent. These i3s are 5th gen (we're now at 7th gen) and aren't significantly better than this AMD one. And the price is a big difference.
Thanks again. Really appreciate your help!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10493 on: January 12, 2017, 05:04:25 PM »
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M18YU9I/?tag=cl03f-20&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Vs.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017OF71Z0?ref=olp_product_details
Yisrael Tech, can I get your expert opinion on this?
Already somewhat weighed in on it here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=11287.msg1645230#msg1645230

The Lenovo is a low power processor m5, but as "avromie7" says there this specific m5 isn't that much worse than the i5. I'd say the decision should boil down to what is the most important for you. Go for the Lenovo if you want a truly portable lightweight thing, or with the Acer if that level of portability isn't important for you and you want more a laptop'ish kind of device. (the Lenovo is two pieces and would not sit good - if at all - on your lap because it needs a kickstand to stay up.)



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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10496 on: January 12, 2017, 08:01:01 PM »
Seems to be indeed the only difference in specs.
is it worth the price difference for the video card

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10497 on: January 12, 2017, 08:02:54 PM »
is it worth the price difference for the video card
Most probably not. (expect if you know that you need it for graphics heavy things, i.e. gaming or 3D modeling.)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10498 on: January 12, 2017, 08:05:59 PM »
Request: Can tech discussion be moved to TT board where it belongs? Many people check this thread for a deal when it comes around.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #10499 on: January 12, 2017, 08:07:14 PM »
Request: Can tech discussion be moved to TT board where it belongs? Many people check this thread for a deal when it comes around.
Start a new thread for it and maybe it'll work. "Laptop specs" or something