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    Best Vendor for Parts ID and Purchase?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by laptopfixer, May 30, 2011.

  1. laptopfixer

    laptopfixer Newbie

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    I am in the market for a new laptop and would like to purchase one from a manufacturer who provides good support for parts identification and parts ordering. Please let me know if you can recommend a vendor who provides ready access to parts manuals and sells a full line of repair parts directly to the consumer. And thanks for your help!
     
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You are probably going to look at the big 3 of business laptops, HP, Dell and Lenovo.

    My personal preference is Dell and Lenovo as they specifically label with DP/N or FRU/CRU. HP's Partsurfer is acting funky with the newest laptops and the problem is you can't search the parts your specific laptop came with, only what the whole series got.

    edit: Also on Dell and Lenovo's site you can input your serial number/service tag and find the part numbers of your original configuration.
     
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