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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: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #560 on: April 24, 2012, 12:32:54 AM »
http://1saleaday.com/flash/htc-shift/ (login required)
HTC Shift UMPC 7"
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/143606/htcs_shifta_small_smart_ultraportable_pc.html)
$199
is there a catch? if i'm thinking of getting this, is there something i should be warned about? better value elsewhere?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #561 on: April 24, 2012, 01:33:39 AM »
http://1saleaday.com/flash/htc-shift/ (login required)
HTC Shift UMPC 7"
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/143606/htcs_shifta_small_smart_ultraportable_pc.html)
$199
is there a catch? if i'm thinking of getting this, is there something i should be warned about? better value elsewhere?

In my experience, their products are as discribed but they have lousy customer service and shipping lead time.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #562 on: April 24, 2012, 02:17:31 AM »
In my experience, their products are as discribed but they have lousy customer service and shipping lead time.

thanks. I'm familiar with the seller, my question is more about the device (and price). should I have posted it in 'tech' instead?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #563 on: April 24, 2012, 12:47:18 PM »
BestBuy has an Asus 15.6" for $329

Specs:
Processor - i3-2330M
4GB Ram
320GB Hard Drive
15.6" Screen

Its a very simple laptop (regarding its ports ect.) but a great price for an i3 processor

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #564 on: April 24, 2012, 03:59:04 PM »
thanks.
how about smaller, more portable, etc? (tablet form factor option?)
along the lines of a netbook
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #565 on: April 25, 2012, 01:26:22 PM »
With the 10X points I would say its a once in a year deal. UR says its offering the 10X till 4/28

The specs of this laptop are really decent. Even if you come across a $250 laptop in a few months I doubt the specs will be comparable
  I just logged into UR and I only saw 4X points per/$ for office depot, Am I missing something? thanks

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #566 on: April 25, 2012, 01:28:17 PM »
  I just logged into UR and I only saw 4X points per/$ for office depot, Am I missing something? thanks
The 10X is if you have an INK card - there, there are different amounts of points for merchants

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #567 on: April 25, 2012, 01:29:28 PM »
The 10X is if you have an INK card - there, there are different amounts of points for merchants
thanks, I just went back a page and saw that :)

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #568 on: April 25, 2012, 01:34:27 PM »
Office Depot Has a Lenovo G570 for $329

Specs:
Processor - B960 - 2.2GHz Dual Core
4GB Ram
320GB Hard Drive
15.6" Screen

Good Laptop for someone looking for something in this price range for light use

Use UR Mall with a INK Bold and get 10X + 5x points for office store purchase
I never really used my ink bold before (I just used it to reach the $5000 spending limit :)).
I am assuming you mean use your ink bold card when buying it in the UR mall to get a total of 15pts/$ (10x bec. of UR mall, and another 5X for using the ink bold card? thanks!

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #569 on: April 25, 2012, 01:36:02 PM »
I never really used my ink bold before (I just used it to reach the $5000 spending limit :)).
I am assuming you mean use your ink bold card when buying it in the UR mall to get a total of 15pts/$ (10x bec. of UR mall, and another 5X for using the ink bold card? thanks!
Correct.  ;D

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #571 on: May 01, 2012, 02:03:41 AM »
Dell Has a 17R (17.3") Laptop on sale for $549

Specs:
i5-2450M
6GB Ram
750GB Hard Drive
Bluetooth
HDMI
Wireless Display

The Price is $599 - $50 off coupon (PM me for it, I have plenty as of now)

Use The Ink UR mall, get 5 extra pp$

I bought the laptop listed above. I'm selling it for $549. (Dell price - after coupon -  is $549 + tax)

Sealed in box. Please pm. Thanx

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #572 on: May 16, 2012, 02:20:29 PM »
I am looking to buy a laptop for around $350. I don't know anything about computer specs. Any recommendations?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #573 on: May 16, 2012, 02:38:41 PM »
I am looking to buy a laptop for around $350. I don't know anything about computer specs. Any recommendations?

Bestbuy Has a Lenovo for $379

Has an i3-2350M, 4GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive, Fingerprint Reader, 15.6"

Good price for the specs.

Only avail in store (not shipping)




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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #574 on: May 16, 2012, 03:10:18 PM »
Bestbuy Has a Lenovo for $379

Has an i3-2350M, 4GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive, Fingerprint Reader, 15.6"

Good price for the specs.

Only avail in store (not shipping)
that sometimes changes

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #575 on: May 16, 2012, 03:13:16 PM »
that sometimes changes
True. I think its based on their warehouse availability.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #576 on: May 16, 2012, 11:26:10 PM »
Looking for a laptop, probably In the $500-$600 range but that us slightly flexible. 13". Mainly used for word processing and internet. But would like relatively nice specs.
Willing to wait for something good to come around.
Thanks again for all of your help.
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« Reply #577 on: May 17, 2012, 09:41:02 AM »
Looking for a laptop, probably In the $500-$600 range but that us slightly flexible. 13". Mainly used for word processing and internet. But would like relatively nice specs.
Willing to wait for something good to come around.
Thanks again for all of your help.

Dell Vostro V131 Its $629 after applying the coupon below.
It comes with a $100 GC

13.3" Screen, i5-2450M, Win 7 Pro

Nice specs ... But from what I heard its not the lightest notebook thats 13.3"

Coupon - 23LBB0BDXPH2FZ

At this price of $529 its a good price for these specs

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« Reply #578 on: May 17, 2012, 10:27:33 AM »
PM me if you would want a 15 inch Dell XPS

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #579 on: May 18, 2012, 01:09:12 PM »
Great deal here...
http://www.frys.com/product/6934637
Model: G570
Cost: $347.00
Shipping is $11.54

Key Specifications

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15.6” HD screen (1366×768), LED backlight, 16:9 aspect ratio

Integrated Intel HD 3000 Graphics

4GB DDR3 memory, 500GB HDD storage

Maximum 8GB DDR3 memory

Integrated 802.11b/g/n WiFi

Integrated DVD reader/writer

5.73lbs, 14.8” x 9.8” x 1.37”

USB 2.0 connectors, VGA

Integrated web camera