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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 #5300 on: February 02, 2014, 11:17:19 AM »
link is 3rd gen and my post - the one on dell.com is 4th gen.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5301 on: February 02, 2014, 11:18:37 AM »
link is 3rd gen and my post - the one on dell.com is 4th gen.
So post a link to the dell.com deal

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5303 on: February 02, 2014, 08:58:13 PM »
Unless I'm missing something that's $200 more than you said it was..

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« Reply #5304 on: February 03, 2014, 02:06:39 AM »
oops - I see it came up without 30% off coupon. Dell is offering 10%,20%, 30% coupons - try your luck on the Dell homepage!

Is $489 a good deal for this?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5305 on: February 03, 2014, 09:15:54 AM »
Can you post a screenshot of the final price $489??

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« Reply #5306 on: February 03, 2014, 10:02:08 AM »
DH Recovery -So is THIS  a good deal?

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« Reply #5308 on: February 03, 2014, 10:24:04 AM »
DH Recovery -So is THIS  a good deal?
can you buy more than one?

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« Reply #5309 on: February 03, 2014, 10:25:43 AM »
Yes looks good to me

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5312 on: February 03, 2014, 10:33:23 AM »
yup.
looks like they're going on Ebay for close to $600
I might want one if you don't mind

ETA: that it's for open box Brand new on Ebay buy it now looks like $650
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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5313 on: February 03, 2014, 10:40:28 AM »
Wonder if the code is transferable.

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« Reply #5314 on: February 03, 2014, 10:42:04 AM »
Sorry, very good.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5315 on: February 03, 2014, 10:45:45 AM »
Sorry, very good.
so just to be clear; if he's willing to buy one for me I should jump on it? And what about protection plans?

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5316 on: February 03, 2014, 10:49:45 AM »
Wonder if the code is transferable.
did u get any codes in your email? i would imagine you would get emails from dell.

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Re: Laptop Deals Master Thread
« Reply #5318 on: February 03, 2014, 10:59:34 AM »
Hot Price!

Dell Inspiron 15R Notebook PC - $425.99!! (Plus Shipping)
After $80 Rebate and additional $25 Rebate (Expires Today) when you add $1 Clearance item

3rd generation Intel Core i5-3337U 1.8GHz
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD
DVDRW
15.6 in. Display
Windows 8

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this was $425 back then why is it now a better deal ?

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« Reply #5319 on: February 03, 2014, 11:01:23 AM »
this was $425 back then why is it now a better deal ?

this is 4th generation