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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 #1300 on: August 31, 2012, 11:48:20 AM »
im on the phone with them trying
EDIT they offered me a $25 new egg gc after purchase
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #1301 on: August 31, 2012, 11:53:48 AM »
You may end up losing the whole laptop as well if it goes oos.

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« Reply #1302 on: August 31, 2012, 11:55:59 AM »
is there a mall i should order it through?

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« Reply #1303 on: August 31, 2012, 11:57:21 AM »
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« Reply #1304 on: August 31, 2012, 11:59:58 AM »
bought it

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« Reply #1305 on: August 31, 2012, 12:02:12 PM »
Ok, GImme your feedback once you get it

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« Reply #1306 on: August 31, 2012, 12:17:23 PM »
Rebate form states the original UPC is required , so if anyone plans on flipping it - this may not work out. . .

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« Reply #1307 on: August 31, 2012, 12:19:35 PM »
Rebate form states the original UPC is needed , so if anyone plans on flipping it - this may not work out. . .
from the box though- not pc itself?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #1308 on: August 31, 2012, 12:21:13 PM »
Rebate form states the original UPC is required , so if anyone plans on flipping it - this may not work out. . .

People buy and sell stuff all the time with the UPC cut put (with a razor blade, you don't even have to open the box).

from the box though- not pc itself?

Don't fret, they're not expecting you to peel stickers off the PC :P
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« Reply #1309 on: August 31, 2012, 12:21:42 PM »
also its 1st generation i5- i think this is the catch-the processor is a few yrs old ?

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« Reply #1310 on: August 31, 2012, 12:22:00 PM »
People buy and sell stuff all the time with the UPC cut put (with a razor blade, you don't even have to open the box).
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #1311 on: August 31, 2012, 12:22:27 PM »
also its 1st generation i5- i think this is the catch-the processor is a few yrs old ?
2nd Gen!! And thats still a very current processor

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« Reply #1312 on: August 31, 2012, 12:23:04 PM »
2nd Gen!! And thats still a very current processor
where do you see its 2nd?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #1313 on: August 31, 2012, 12:29:53 PM »
•Intel Core i5-2450M 2.5GHz
1st gen only had 3 digits after i5
1st gen is i5-xxx
2nd gen is i5-2xxx
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« Reply #1314 on: August 31, 2012, 12:54:15 PM »
Guys You cant go wrong for this price. Anyone that buys it and doesn't like it - if its still in perfect brand new condition in the box within a day or 2 I will take it off your hands for $350
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« Reply #1315 on: August 31, 2012, 01:00:21 PM »
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« Reply #1316 on: August 31, 2012, 01:11:28 PM »
People buy and sell stuff all the time with the UPC cut put (with a razor blade, you don't even have to open the box).

Don't fret, they're not expecting you to peel stickers off the PC :P

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« Reply #1317 on: August 31, 2012, 01:13:57 PM »
so i bought it i think i got them to thrown in a $50 gc bc the combo went out when i was ordering ti plus 2250 Ur  points plus 450 spg
pro can sell gc fr 40
sp 350-40-40(UR)-9(spg)=$261

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« Reply #1318 on: August 31, 2012, 01:30:31 PM »
so i bought it i think i got them to thrown in a $50 gc bc the combo went out when i was ordering ti plus 2250 Ur  points plus 450 spg
pro can sell gc fr 40
sp 350-40-40(UR)-9(spg)=$261

howd you get the gc from 25 to 50?

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« Reply #1319 on: August 31, 2012, 01:33:45 PM »
howd you get the gc from 25 to 50?
i called to ask them a q and they were like we iwll issue the 50 gc once their is an invoice. even if its only 25 total comes out to be 281 still a great price