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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 #5100 on: December 31, 2013, 06:47:05 PM »
the rebate are no where to be found on the website that they say to go to , sounds a little tricky to me ::)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5101 on: December 31, 2013, 06:55:29 PM »
I really appreciate it! I hate to read an article and can't figure out where to click on the link... it's so annoying, I can keep up clicking the whole article till I finally click on the link, sometimes i even click on the top of the post which refers me to the same post again... really annoying this thing they have to make something so people should be able to see what is a link and what is not

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5102 on: January 01, 2014, 03:18:20 AM »
HP - ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook Touch-Screen 15.6" Laptop - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Modern Silver for $399
from bestbuy -deal of the day.

Is this a good laptop? Is this a good deal?

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« Reply #5103 on: January 01, 2014, 07:41:42 AM »
HP - ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook Touch-Screen 15.6" Laptop - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Modern Silver for $399
from bestbuy -deal of the day.

Is this a good laptop? Is this a good deal?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/envy-touchsmart-sleekbook-touch-screen-15-6-laptop-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive/9268057.p?id=1219007786803&skuId=9268057&st=9268057&cp=1&lp=1

I would stay away from AMD processors (and chipsets) due to overheating issues. The Intel Core I Series would be a better choice and you can probably find a Core I3 laptop in that price range.  However, if you are REALLY counting pennies don't go for anything less than a Pentium Dual Core Processor, (NO CELERONS!)
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5104 on: January 01, 2014, 09:06:14 AM »
the rebate are no where to be found on the website that they say to go to , sounds a little tricky to me ::)
only way to get to them is with copy paste !

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5105 on: January 01, 2014, 01:04:01 PM »
I would stay away from AMD processors (and chipsets) due to overheating issues. The Intel Core I Series would be a better choice and you can probably find a Core I3 laptop in that price range.  However, if you are REALLY counting pennies don't go for anything less than a Pentium Dual Core Processor, (NO CELERONS!)

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5106 on: January 01, 2014, 02:55:57 PM »
Is this a good deal?

http://bit.ly/1aoIU1m

$2,400 sounds a bit steep...  ;D

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5107 on: January 01, 2014, 02:59:39 PM »
60MB Hard drive kills the deal, I would get min 120MB ;D

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5108 on: January 01, 2014, 03:03:56 PM »
Is this a good deal?

http://bit.ly/1aoIU1m

$2,400 sounds a bit steep...  ;D
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« Reply #5110 on: January 01, 2014, 03:05:29 PM »
The best part: "powerhouse that will handle high-speed applications such as Microsoft Windows"  :o

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« Reply #5111 on: January 01, 2014, 03:07:08 PM »
60MB Hard drive kills the deal, I would get min 120MB ;D

Doesn't look like they have that option, but for an extra 700 bucks they will throw in the 20mhz high speed processor.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5112 on: January 01, 2014, 03:21:32 PM »
At least it's not AMD... :-P

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« Reply #5113 on: January 01, 2014, 03:36:32 PM »
and now back on topic.... :)

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Wasn't that $350 last time?
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« Reply #5118 on: January 02, 2014, 08:48:26 AM »
Was selling for $450

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« Reply #5119 on: January 02, 2014, 08:52:09 AM »
Would love to buy a new 15 inch, 6 gb ram, 4 gen i5 intel, 750 GB (can be more from everything, but not the size :)) for around $500-600