Is anyone laptop shopping over the Memorial Day weekend?

I've been looking at laptops. Always buy the best you can afford. But you don't need top of the line because that will be middle of the road soon enough. I have the Articulate products on a few older laptops and they all run fine, but of course the older ones are a bit slower. My 4 year old Dell XPS 15 handles the content fine.

Here are a few thoughts:

• There's always a sale.
• Almost any office/business laptop you get will suffice. I used to run Adobe Creative Suite on an older tablet PC.
• Look for a SSD or hard drive that is 7200 RPM. The ASUS drive is only 5400 so will be a lot slower reading/writing.
• Fast processor and ample RAM. The 32-bit apps can only go up to 2 GB anyways so no need to get 16 GB. Most systems seems to come with 4-8 GB now.
• I've always enjoyed my Dell laptops. I was leaning towards the Dell 14 or 15z, but I don't like that I can't swap batteries. The Z's come with 2 year warranties but Dell only warranties 1 year on the battery. Considering that most Dells I've had have battery issues after a year, I'm reluctant to buy a system with a locked in battery. The HP Envy is a comparable laptop with a removable battery.
• I have a Lenovo tablet and my wife has an IdeaPad. Both are very solid builds and good laptops. I recently ordered a Lenovo and they canceled the order (no parts) but never notified me. It was a pain working with their service department to get them to rectify the refund. It took a number of calls. What surprised me is that they never asked if I wanted a different laptop. I'd probably still get a laptop from them because I think the build quality is really solid, but I'm not so sure about their service.