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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 #12620 on: October 01, 2020, 01:18:06 PM »
Acer Aspire 3 Laptop, 15.6" Full HD, 10th Gen i5-1035G1, 8GB, 256GB NVMe SSD $349
10th Generation Intel Core i5-1035G1 (Up to 3.6GHz, 4 Cores)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12621 on: October 01, 2020, 01:22:48 PM »
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12622 on: October 01, 2020, 08:25:16 PM »
Lenovo - Yoga C740 2-in-1 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - $599 from BestBuy regular price is $799
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12623 on: October 02, 2020, 10:24:09 AM »
Alive again! Only 2 left!
Which is better the Acer laptop from Walmart or the Dell that they had the Labor Day deal on?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12624 on: October 02, 2020, 10:26:13 AM »
Acer Aspire 3 Laptop, 15.6" Full HD, 10th Gen i5-1035G1, 8GB, 256GB NVMe SSD $349
10th Generation Intel Core i5-1035G1 (Up to 3.6GHz, 4 Cores)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12625 on: October 12, 2020, 11:58:16 AM »
ASUS VivoBook 15 Laptop, 15.6” Full FD, 10th Gen i7-1065G7, 8GB, 256GB SSD $529.99
10th Generation Intel Core i7-1065G7
15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12626 on: October 13, 2020, 12:11:19 AM »
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Laptop 15.6" FHD, 10th Gen i5-1035G1, 16GB, 512GB $669
10th Generation Intel Core i5-1035G1 (6MB Cache, up to 3.6 GHz, 4 cores)
Windows 10 Home
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12628 on: October 13, 2020, 02:06:07 AM »
Lenovo - Yoga C740 2-in-1 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - $599 from BestBuy regular price is $799
Now $549.99
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12629 on: October 13, 2020, 05:48:51 AM »
Now 499


Is this a good laptop?  For basic home use?

ASUS VivoBook 15 Laptop, 15.6” Full FD, 10th Gen i7-1065G7, 8GB, 256GB SSD $529.99
10th Generation Intel Core i7-1065G7
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12630 on: October 22, 2020, 11:17:46 PM »
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 (14”) laptop for $899.99 from Lenovo
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12631 on: October 26, 2020, 03:02:33 PM »
Dell has forever had their Vestro line at about 50% off.
Are these considered a good deal?
And what are the pros and cons of this model?

Any input is appreciated.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12632 on: October 26, 2020, 03:46:20 PM »
Dell has forever had their Vestro line at about 50% off.
Are these considered a good deal?
And what are the pros and cons of this model?

Any input is appreciated.
Which model?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12634 on: October 26, 2020, 06:08:44 PM »
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/all-deals/vostro-14-5401-laptop/spd/vostro-14-5401-laptop/cav145w10p2c4106


https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/vostro-15-5501-laptop/spd/vostro-15-5501-laptop/cav155w10p2c7001p

These are just examples
I thought you were referring to a specific model because you said "this model"..
Overall those look like pretty good deals. A good deal is only good if you need that type of specs, what's your use case and price range?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12635 on: October 26, 2020, 06:54:19 PM »
I thought you were referring to a specific model because you said "this model"..
Overall those look like pretty good deals. A good deal is only good if you need that type of specs, what's your use case and price range?
price range is like 500-600 (dell credits)
Need something that can move fast with heavy files open, has lots of memory. And that’s it

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12636 on: October 26, 2020, 07:39:22 PM »
Need something that can move fast with heavy files open, has lots of memory. And that’s it
You would have to be a bit more specific.

Anyway I would recommend to wait for black friday. If you need something now then get something like this: (it's a 14 inch)
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/all-deals/vostro-14-5401-laptop/spd/vostro-14-5401-laptop/cav145w10p2c4106
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12637 on: October 26, 2020, 07:53:19 PM »
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 for $1000. Regular price is $1800!
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12638 on: October 26, 2020, 09:45:23 PM »
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 for $1000. Regular price is $1800!

Rakuten says 10% back.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12639 on: October 27, 2020, 02:05:14 PM »
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 for $1000. Regular price is $1800!
The i7 version which usually sells for $2200 is now $1200!
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.