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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 #12680 on: November 23, 2020, 09:50:13 AM »

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12681 on: November 23, 2020, 02:00:53 PM »
Lenovo - IdeaPad 3 15" Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5-1035G1 - 12GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum Grey $349.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/6426712.p
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12682 on: November 23, 2020, 03:05:36 PM »
Lenovo - IdeaPad 3 15" Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5-1035G1 - 12GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum Grey $349.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/6426712.p
Anyone with any experience/opinions with this laptop?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12683 on: November 23, 2020, 03:08:27 PM »
Anyone with any experience/opinions with this laptop?
Worth the price
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12684 on: November 23, 2020, 03:26:18 PM »
Worth the price
Goes nicely with the amex 25off offer.

Any opinion/experience with the screen?

I bought the acer aspire 3 deal from Walmart and the screen was too yellowish for me

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12685 on: November 23, 2020, 03:35:01 PM »
Goes nicely with the amex 25off offer.

Any opinion/experience with the screen?

I bought the acer aspire 3 deal from Walmart and the screen was too yellowish for me
It's a low quality screen, I haven't actually seen it but if your picky try out or get something better.
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12686 on: November 23, 2020, 06:14:34 PM »
Lenovo - IdeaPad 3 15" Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5-1035G1 - 12GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum Grey $349.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/6426712.p
Any opinion/experience with the screen?
15.6" 1366 x 768 (HD resolution)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12687 on: November 25, 2020, 10:04:52 AM »
HP Pavilion 14-ce3065st 14" Notebook, Intel i5, 8GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 $399.99 ($679.99) https://www.staples.com/hp-pavilion-14-ce3065st-14-notebook-intel-i5-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-windows-10-13q78ua-aba/product_24441411?storeId

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12688 on: November 25, 2020, 12:05:01 PM »
Looking for a good deal on powerful not-too-heavy laptop for graphic design and video editing (don't need gaming).
Any suggestions?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12689 on: November 25, 2020, 12:13:07 PM »
Looking for a good deal on powerful not-too-heavy laptop for graphic design and video editing (don't need gaming).
Any suggestions?
Not sure exactly what you're looking for, but there were 2 laptops posted on DDMS in the past 24 hours.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12690 on: November 25, 2020, 12:31:33 PM »
Shop thru Chase has 6 points per dollar at Dell (on my CFU, CF, CFF. Not CSR)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12691 on: November 25, 2020, 12:44:46 PM »
Not sure exactly what you're looking for, but there were 2 laptops posted on DDMS in the past 24 hours.
I saw the HP one. Is that a really good deal?
The graphics card looks average based on reviews (but maybe that is because most reviewers these days are skewed to gaming).

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12692 on: November 25, 2020, 06:45:45 PM »
Looking for a good deal on powerful not-too-heavy laptop for graphic design and video editing (don't need gaming).
Any suggestions?

What software plan on using for video editing?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12693 on: November 25, 2020, 06:59:54 PM »
What software plan on using for video editing?
Mainly Premiere Pro (and rest of Adobe Creativeness Suite for graphic design etc)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12694 on: November 26, 2020, 05:24:23 AM »
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-laptop-17t-by400-touch-optional-195p5av-1

Insane deal. I would recommend upgrading the screen resolution and pretty much everything else can be upgraded later (for less)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12695 on: November 26, 2020, 09:19:29 AM »
HP Pavilion 14-ce3065st 14" Notebook, Intel i5, 8GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 $399.99 ($679.99) https://www.staples.com/hp-pavilion-14-ce3065st-14-notebook-intel-i5-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-windows-10-13q78ua-aba/product_24441411?storeId
Anyone with experience with this one?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12696 on: November 26, 2020, 11:35:16 AM »
Looking for a cheap but solid laptop for my needs.... Any good deals?
For the kids and basic family use- basic web browsing (school research, wife shopping....), e-mail and managing their photos. TIA!

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12697 on: November 26, 2020, 11:36:54 AM »
Looking for a cheap but solid laptop for my needs.... Any good deals?
For the kids and basic family use- basic web browsing (school research, wife shopping....), e-mail and managing their photos. TIA!
About 6 hours too late;)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #12698 on: November 26, 2020, 11:40:00 AM »
About 6 hours too late;)

Perhaps. But you didn't answer the question :-)

I don't need to save every last penny, still deals out there all week.

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