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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 #3440 on: May 08, 2013, 12:53:45 PM »

Looks like b and h has them beat on the price
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/891221-REG/ASUS_VivoBook_X202E_DH31T_11_6_Notebook.html

Sorry, but how does B&H have them beat if i might ask? Amazon with the code is $350
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« Reply #3441 on: May 08, 2013, 02:01:43 PM »
Sorry, but how does B&H have them beat if i might ask? Amazon with the code is $350
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I didn't see the code

You are correct with the code amazon has the best price

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« Reply #3442 on: May 08, 2013, 03:03:38 PM »
I didn't see the code

You are correct with the code amazon has the best price

I just thought I may have missed something :)
Thanks for the follow-up
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« Reply #3443 on: May 08, 2013, 03:05:55 PM »
I just thought I may have missed something :)
Thanks for the follow-up
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Def a good price not as good as dh's find on the dells for 349 though

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« Reply #3445 on: May 08, 2013, 03:41:25 PM »
I keep emphasizing this over and over, why buy a pentium processor for $299 when you can get an i3 (or even an i5 sometimes like that amazon deal I posted) for $350!! doesn't make sense to me.

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« Reply #3446 on: May 08, 2013, 03:54:20 PM »
I keep emphasizing this over and over, why buy a pentium processor for $299 when you can get an i3 (or even an i5 sometimes like that amazon deal I posted) for $350!! doesn't make sense to me.

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« Reply #3447 on: May 08, 2013, 04:28:48 PM »
Sorry I don't know the difference between an I3 or a Typewriter. If you say its good great if not not.

I tried getting the deal but was too late.

Hopefully next time.

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« Reply #3448 on: May 08, 2013, 04:43:50 PM »
Sorry I don't know the difference between an I3 or a Typewriter. If you say its good great if not not.

I tried getting the deal but was too late.

Hopefully next time.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_i3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter


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« Reply #3449 on: May 08, 2013, 07:05:32 PM »
"להסתובב זה לא אומר להיות חופשי"

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« Reply #3451 on: May 09, 2013, 01:23:32 AM »
I saw it earlier, good price - I don't get the dual screen idea though...

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3452 on: May 09, 2013, 08:59:04 AM »
Amazon has the ASUS VivoBook X202E-DH31T 11.6" Touchscreen Ultrabook (Black, Pink or Silver) for $400 - $50 off with coupon code INTELPCS = $350 with free shipping. Out of stock but can still be ordered; select Amazon as merchant in the right sidebar. Windows 8 installed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009F1I1C4/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true

I ordered one, but in your guys experience how long does it usually take before Amazon has an ETA?
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3456 on: May 09, 2013, 10:38:24 AM »
Limit one to customer and Amazon is too important for me to risk messing up for a few $$
why were you so excited about this deal? Don't you see computers for $150 lower than usual price every week?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #3457 on: May 09, 2013, 10:49:17 AM »
Is Amd junk?

I wouldn't call it junk but for that money you can do better IMO.
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« Reply #3458 on: May 09, 2013, 10:55:43 AM »
why were you so excited about this deal? Don't you see computers for $150 lower than usual price every week?
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Was also wondering the same.

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« Reply #3459 on: May 09, 2013, 11:48:08 AM »
Harder to find dell i5 for 350 than i7 for $150 cheaper. Its easy $100 - $125 profit for a reseller..