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17.3 Laptop around $600

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Mar 19, 2016
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17.3 Laptop around $600

I'm looking for a 17.3" laptop and I seem to have found two that fit the bill any thoughts on one or the other? I like the price of the Visions one, but it makes me weary.

Visions has a 17.3" Lenovo Ideapad 320 7th gen i3 6gb ram 1tb drive for $450, and Dell has a Inspiron 17 5000 Non-Touch (Intel®) 7th gen i3, 8gb ram 1tb HD for $600.
Thoughts on which one? The Visions one seems priced ridiculously well.

Thanks,
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Sr. Member
Aug 11, 2017
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I3 for $450? Meh not hot. I'd wait if you can. Nothing hot so far if you are trying to score a laptop at an amazing price.
Deal Addict
Mar 19, 2016
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Hmm ok thanks for the reply. What would You consider a deal? I haven't seen any 17.3 i5 for anything close to $600.
Sr. Member
May 16, 2003
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I bought the Inspiron 17 5000 last year and think it's the worst dell I bought in a while.
Comments here: dell-hot-dell-new-inspiron-17-5000-256s ... #p28611845

The only 17" I am buying this year is the best buy 17" 7000 and it's $1500. This seems to be a terrible year for laptops of any kind but especially 17". Nobody seems to want to make one for serious office work.
-Sean
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Dec 26, 2014
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I'd stay away from Visions, a lot of the time they sell lemons and especially with clearance products like that Lenovo Ideapad 320.

My cousin just got the 17.3" Acer Aspire 5 at Best Buy as a "self Christmas present" lol and it's a solid laptop. Good build quality and decent specs at $799.
- The new Intel Core i5-8250U quad-core processor with Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz
- Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX150 Graphics Card with 2GB VRAM
- 1TB HD & 12GB of DDR4 RAM
Deal Addict
Mar 19, 2016
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Thanks everyone, yeah I have never liked visions so I'll stay away and the deals suck this year, guess I'll just have to wait

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