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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 #980 on: August 09, 2012, 09:03:52 PM »
If anyone here is familiar with laptop pricing; I get emails with special Dell pricing not available for the general public only through those links. If anyone wants to have a look and see of there's any good deals please PM me with your email address.
I'm Pretty sure we all get those emails, they send the same emails to everyone...

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #981 on: August 09, 2012, 09:04:28 PM »
I would appreciate any help I can get:

I'm looking for a super-fast netbook in the $4-500 range with an excellent battery life. 90% used for internet browsing.

What are your requirements? what size? etc

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #982 on: August 09, 2012, 09:11:47 PM »
I'm Pretty sure we all get those emails, they send the same emails to everyone...
I was gonna say that ;)

I would appreciate any help I can get:

I'm looking for a super-fast netbook in the $4-500 range with an excellent battery life. 90% used for internet browsing.

$4-$500 is not practical if you want those specs

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #983 on: August 09, 2012, 09:12:47 PM »
I was gonna say that ;)
$4-$500 is not practical if you want those specs
super fast NETBOOK may be doable

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #984 on: August 09, 2012, 09:13:34 PM »
def if he has the hp coupon ;D

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #985 on: August 09, 2012, 09:16:54 PM »
What are your requirements? what size? etc
Netbook size I guess 10.1 would be good. I need it to work super fast as I do usually have many tabs open, and would like to open a wordpress site in the near future. I'm not familiar with PC's (I.e. i3, i5 and dual core video graphics etc.)

I would like to have windows 7 and would need Microsoft Word too.

I currently have the ASUS 1005HA Windows XP.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #986 on: August 09, 2012, 09:19:18 PM »
I'm Pretty sure we all get those emails, they send the same emails to everyone...
I'm pretty sure you don't get those emails but I'm not sure if the pricing is that much better. If you're willing to have a look please PM me your email address and I'll forward it to you.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #987 on: August 09, 2012, 09:19:56 PM »
@name changed is right, that may be difficult in that size...

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #988 on: August 09, 2012, 09:31:42 PM »
@namechanged @dhdatarecovery So make that the best speed possible in that range. What does speed depend on processor or RAM?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #989 on: August 09, 2012, 09:36:06 PM »
depends on 3 things - I would say in your case - 1) ssd (not reg hd) will help battery life and speed. 2) processor. 3) ram

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #990 on: August 09, 2012, 09:36:58 PM »
and sorry but the pricing on taht dell isn't great at all. its a weak processor

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #991 on: August 09, 2012, 10:36:12 PM »
and sorry but the pricing on taht dell isn't great at all. its a weak processor
Which Dell?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #992 on: August 09, 2012, 10:37:10 PM »
disregard. sorry

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #993 on: August 09, 2012, 10:41:19 PM »
the new hp sleekbooks are very nice and slim and you can get one for abt $600 or you can get a sony for abt the smae price these are all with i3 processors and under 4lbs but they are 13-14". You can also get the dell inspiron 11z for about $300 and replace the existing hd with a solid state hd for about another $100 - and you have a pretty fast 11.6" netbook.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #994 on: August 09, 2012, 10:47:41 PM »
the new hp sleekbooks are very nice and slim and you can get one for abt $600 or you can get a sony for abt the smae price these are all with i3 processors and under 4lbs but they are 13-14". You can also get the dell inspiron 11z for about $300 and replace the existing hd with a solid state hd for about another $100 - and you have a pretty fast 11.6" netbook.
The Dell 11z is not a fast netbook, the one for $300 has the i3-330UM (1.2Ghz) and 2GB ram

The HP Sleekbooks are nice! :) I haven't seen a i3, or i5 on sale in the $600 it usually was the AMD ones

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #995 on: August 09, 2012, 10:52:00 PM »
I know but pop in a ssd and it will be faster and within the limited budget.
You can get an hp sleekbook with 2nd gen i3 right now for $600

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #996 on: August 09, 2012, 10:55:03 PM »
If hes up to $600 he can get the sony t13 for $659 after rebates and that has an i5 3rd gen and its pretty light  here are the specs
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3317U Dual-Core 1.7GHz
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 13.3" LED Backlit Display/ 1366 x 768
Memory: 4GB DRAM RAM
Storage: 500GB 5400rpm HD + 32GB solid-state drive
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
1.3MP HD web camera
Ports: USB 2.0 port x 1, USB 3.0 port x 1, VGA port x 1, HDMI out
Battery Life: 7.5 hours
Dimensions: 12.72" (W) x 0.71" (H) x 8.9" (D)
Weight: 3.54 lbs.
One year limited warranty

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #997 on: August 10, 2012, 09:29:26 AM »
Link ? TY

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #998 on: August 10, 2012, 11:02:04 AM »
If you guys can help me out I don't really even know what exactly I'm looking for. My wife needs a laptop for graphic design, she needs a 17" screen other than that I don't really know what to look for. Intel i5 or i7 processor? 6 or 8 gb of ram? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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