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Where do you go to get custom made, fairly competitive business laptops? Something relatively bloat-ware free? I would really like to find a ‘home’ for laptop purchasing, as it seems most vendors have been disappointing lately.

I tried Dell, but I cannot customize it to what I need. HP is the same way, you get the idea.

Thanks for all for your time, all of your expertise and experience is greatly appreciated.

@HP @Dell_Technologies

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All Dell here. Which systems are you looking at? I primarily get the Precisions and have been able to customize them. They don’t have much bloat but I reimage them all anyway.

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I really need SSD options. I’ve purchased 3 brand new Dells, and they always freeze, lag, slow down. All 3 of them. They are all 5th gen i7 processors, with 8gb or RAM, with dedicated video cards. The only thing I can link to all of them lagging is the 5400 rpm HDDs. I can’t customize their laptops to better HDDs, and my clients aren’t happy about it.

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If you have a pro account with Dell, you can get any business laptop customized. As far as bloatware goes, use your own image deployment system to reimage it upon arrival.

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Now THIS is what I’m talking about. Thanks, I’m definitely going to check this out. This sounds EXACTLY like what I need.

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Business: Dell Latitude.

Sometimes, not all options are available on their website. What spec’s are you looking for?

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SSDs. I’ve routed all lag problems on my new Dells to the HDD just being overtaxed on 5400 rpm speeds. It seems a pro account may be the solution. I have to see how much that’s going to cost me.

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All HP here, but who knows if that will change. It’s not a religious thing or anything. I have an HP Folio 13 that I got in 2012, best laptop ever. And a HP Envy that I got last year that does the job but overall I don’t like that much.

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All Dell here - Precision and Lattitude laptops in house, all run perfectly. Prosupport from Dell is outstanding.

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Dell what? There’s a big difference between an Inspiron and a Precision laptop. Even in model lines, going with a Latitude 3000 series vs a 7000 series makes a big difference.

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It is still cheaper to buy an SSD separate and add it to a laptop then to purchase from dell. You will have to reinstall everything but it will breath some life into those laptops that you already have. Assuming you install disk for OS etc, and assuming the 5400 drive is the cause of the lag.

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What is your need.

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Toss the hard drive it comes with and put in your own SSD. Probably cheaper, I’ve done that for ages. I’ve also left the drive, wiped it, added an mSATA for the OS, and used the HDD for storage.

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I’ve got a Lenovo Carbon X1 i7 on order for myself with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD.

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I use Daktech out of Fargo, ND… their warranties are the best, and the customer service is awesome. No bloatware, many options, even on laptops (like SSD’s) and they’re pretty quick too.

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We do Dell for the business side and Apple for the creative side.

I think you’re going to find that most of the big guys are going to have about the same things with different names. Also I believe that the biggest problem with trying to find the right fit anymore is that people aren’t always willing to trade the new and current tech for what they’ve had in the past. For example, optical media. You and I know that we rarely need it anymore, but our users don’t always see it that way.

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Yeah, the clients are the hardest to convince, always.

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Are you stuck on Dell or open to any other vendors?

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HP Elitebook 8xx G2s here… they are amazing. All SSDs from the factory for us.

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I’m ordering another batch of Dell Precisions tomorrow, they can be almost fully customized.