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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 #11540 on: April 21, 2018, 11:01:44 PM »
Are there any decent deals on a 256ssd i5 or i7 laptop.

My laptop wouldn't turn on last week. I did a static test but power was showing even with ac adapter connected. I'm wondering if it's a motherboard issue.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11541 on: April 22, 2018, 04:23:25 PM »
BJs has Lenovo IdeaPad 720S 15.6" Laptop (81AC0003US) on sale for $699.99.

Specs
15.6" 1920 x1080 IPS Anti-Glare Display
Intel Core i5-7300HQ Quad-Core Processor (7th Gen Kaby Lake)
8GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM
256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card
Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint reader
JBL Stereo Speakers
WiFi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
4-Cell 79 WHr Battery (up to 8 hours battery life)
Ports:
1x USB Type-C (Thunderbolt 3)
2x USB 3.0
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11542 on: April 24, 2018, 12:57:56 PM »
Which is better:
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop/fncwf514h @$625+tax


https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i5-8250U-GeForce-A515-51G-515J/dp/B075KCJHMD/ref=sr_1_1? @$600+tax

also neither comes with both vga and hdmi. can i use a usb to vga as a way to keep my dual monitor setup?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11544 on: April 25, 2018, 07:43:07 PM »
Lenovo Yoga 720 2-In-1 13.3" Touch Screen Laptop (81C3000LUS) $599.99 from Best Buy
Specs
Intel Core i5-8250U Quad-Core Mobile Processor
13.3" 1920x1080 IPS LED Backlit Display w/ Built-In 720p HD Webcam/2 Microphones
256GB PCIe Solid State Drive SSD
8GB DDR4 RAM
Intel HD Integrated Graphics 620
3x USB 3.0 Ports (2x USB Type-C 1x USB 3.0)
1x DisplayPort
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« Reply #11545 on: April 25, 2018, 07:48:26 PM »
Lenovo - Yoga 920 2-in-1 13.9" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Bronze $999 from Best Buy
$1199 from Amazon
$1589 from Newegg
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11547 on: April 29, 2018, 02:37:44 PM »
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11552 on: April 30, 2018, 11:10:56 PM »
@Yisroel Tech The i5 is better than the i7 ?
8th gen i5 (i5-8250U) is better (if not "way better", certainly so in multi-thread workloads) then the 7th gen i7 (i7-7500U)

And Dell is better than Acer, and the display of the deal I posted is better than the Dell from the DDMS.

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« Reply #11553 on: April 30, 2018, 11:27:53 PM »
8th gen i5 (i5-8250U) is better (if not "way better", certainly so in multi-thread workloads) then the 7th gen i7 (i7-7500U)

And Dell is better than Acer, and the display of the deal I posted is better than the Dell from the DDMS.
Thanks for that. And regarding speed, it goes according to newer gen. or i5 vs i7 ?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11554 on: April 30, 2018, 11:45:46 PM »
If you're willing to pay up some $40 I'd much rather go with this Dell: http://deals.dell.com/productdetail/11de for $499

That is also better then this deal https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/electronics/notebooks/dell-inspiron-15-6-core-i7-laptop-499-99-shipped-300-off-code/
I bought this computer when it was on sale before pesach. Can you recommend a SSD to install Windows on to speed up the boot up time?

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« Reply #11555 on: April 30, 2018, 11:50:13 PM »
I bought this computer when it was on sale before pesach. Can you recommend a SSD to install Windows on to speed up the boot up time?
How much was it then ? How long does it take to turn on ?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11556 on: April 30, 2018, 11:53:18 PM »
$447.
I actually haven't even set it up yet, because I don't want to install my life on the HDD and then have to figure out what to clone. I'd rather start from scratch.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11557 on: May 01, 2018, 12:06:09 AM »
Thanks for that. And regarding speed, it goes according to newer gen. or i5 vs i7 ?
Both. I7 is the better product, but both of the products improve each generation, so you cannot say one gen's i7 is better than the newer and improved i5.

For instance, the 7th generation line still has only 2 cores for the mobile processors, and the 8th generation has 4.

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« Reply #11558 on: May 01, 2018, 12:11:42 AM »
Both. I7 is the better product, but both of the products improve each generation, so you cannot say one gen's i7 is better than the newer and improved i5.

For instance, the 7th generation line still has only 2 cores for the mobile processors, and the 8th generation has 4.
Would you say the 8th gen i5 you posted is quicker than the 7th i7 ?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #11559 on: May 01, 2018, 12:37:01 AM »
I bought this computer when it was on sale before pesach. Can you recommend a SSD to install Windows on to speed up the boot up time?
This https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-250GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0764WCXCV/
Or this https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-Internal-MZ-76E250B-AM/dp/B07864WMK8