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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 #1020 on: August 14, 2012, 02:37:35 PM »
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1021 on: August 14, 2012, 02:40:19 PM »
This is a very good price as well http://www.frys.com/product/7162182?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1022 on: August 14, 2012, 02:42:36 PM »
@Name Changed, is there anything in the naming convention of the Ivy (Sandy?) Bridge processors that tells me they're 3rd gen (kinda how they added a digit when they went from 1st gen to 2nd gen)?
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1023 on: August 14, 2012, 02:48:58 PM »
@Name Changed, is there anything in the naming convention of the Ivy (Sandy?) Bridge processors that tells me they're 3rd gen (kinda how they added a digit when they went from 1st gen to 2nd gen)?
Besides for Virtualization Technology and more memory bandwidth (Compatibly with DDR 3 1600 up to 32GB Ram), I do not think there is any other difference, same GHz in speed, and turbo boost

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1024 on: August 14, 2012, 04:58:50 PM »
Besides for Virtualization Technology and more memory bandwidth (Compatibly with DDR 3 1600 up to 32GB Ram), I do not think there is any other difference, same GHz in speed, and turbo boost

Aren't there other improvements to the architecture?



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« Reply #1025 on: August 14, 2012, 05:20:09 PM »
technically not all of that is part of the actual processor, for example the faster video speed is dependent on the newer intel video chipset etc

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1026 on: August 14, 2012, 05:22:14 PM »
technically not all of that is part of the actual processor, for example the faster video speed is dependent on the newer intel video chipset etc

Agreed, my question still stands: Is there an easy way to tell from the model number if it's 2nd gen or 3rd gen?
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1027 on: August 14, 2012, 05:24:37 PM »
The i5-2450M has a lot of those techmologies in that youtube video

Check out this deff explains the "upgrades" of the Ivy Bridge well. For the comparison on the base i5 there isn't tonz of big differences.

Also its transistors are 22nm - which means less heat, and less power consumption

Are you contemplated to buy an Ivy Bridge over the Sandy Bridge?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1028 on: August 14, 2012, 05:25:40 PM »
technically not all of that is part of the actual processor, for example the faster video speed is dependent on the newer intel video chipset etc
That is only compatible with the never i5 ;)

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1029 on: August 14, 2012, 05:28:08 PM »
Most Of the time - first gen will be for example i5-xxx
2nd gen will be i5-2xxx
3rd gen will be i5-3xxx

I thinks that answers your question, correct

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1030 on: August 14, 2012, 05:29:16 PM »
Are you contemplated to buy an Ivy Bridge over the Sandy Bridge?

Not ATM, but you still haven't answered my question :P

Most Of the time - first gen will be for example i5-xxx
2nd gen will be i5-2xxx
3rd gen will be i5-3xxx

Thanks, I noticed this when reading the relevant entries on Wikipedia.
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1031 on: August 14, 2012, 05:33:27 PM »
I think one of the most important factors in the newer processors besides for obviously "speed" and "graphics" is the lower power consumption - for a laptop this is extremly important as is meant to give you a longer battery life

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1032 on: August 14, 2012, 05:38:00 PM »
Not ATM, but you still haven't answered my question :P
@Name Changed, is there anything in the naming convention of the Ivy (Sandy?) Bridge processors that tells me they're 3rd gen (kinda how they added a digit when they went from 1st gen to 2nd gen)?
Agreed, my question still stands: Is there an easy way to tell from the model number if it's 2nd gen or 3rd gen?

I am not exactly understanding your Q'

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« Reply #1033 on: August 14, 2012, 05:39:10 PM »
His question was if the numbers on the model can identify it as 2nd gen or 3rd gen

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1034 on: August 14, 2012, 07:46:05 PM »
Now that This has expired. Are there any similar options in that price range?
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« Reply #1035 on: August 14, 2012, 07:56:14 PM »
15" or 17"

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #1037 on: August 14, 2012, 09:45:51 PM »
Preferably the 17"
They go on sale really often. At $799 for those specs is an amazing deal, if you could way then in 2 weeks or so it'll be back on sale.

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« Reply #1039 on: August 15, 2012, 11:46:50 AM »
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