Our company right now is looking to switch to a different brand of laptop as we are having a tough time purchasing our current choice (everything is backordered ugh).
Were looking at a few options, but I was wondering what you set your staff up with and what the reasoning behind choosing that laptop?
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Neally
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Welcome!
What are your requirements for the laptop (spec, use case,etc)?
There is usually not one size fits all, but a one size fits most.
We mainly use HP zBooks. The model and specs depend on the user’s role.
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Lockout
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I second HP. We have delivered quite a few to our clients (ProBook models) and they seem to be solid for the type of work they do. Nothing crazy heavy or high performance but for average user work load of emailing, word / excel processing and internet browsing, they are great. I don’t care for their desktop hardware setups but the laptops seem to be solid
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Specs aren’t crazy for us. most people use them for some web applications as well as the usual word/excel use. We were using the Lenovo Thinkpad laptops up until now.
Some alternatives I have been looking at are the Dell XPS-13 or 15 and the HP Spectre x360 has intrigued me.
Some of our people use web apps exclusively. Have you ever tried using something like a Chromebook as a business laptop?
We use Dell Latitude E5570, they aren’t the cheapest, but it can handle the work load we need to run on them.
We are looking at moving some users to Surface.
Depending on what you need them to do, there are a number of options that you could use, just depends on use case.
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robpoling
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We use the Dell Latitude series, mostly the 7490 at the moment. They’re solidly built, run well, and Dell has a good warranty.
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My company uses Dell Latitudes
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maxsec
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Dell latitude 7490, work well good support
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I’m loving my Lenovo Thinkpad Edge (E550). It’s got 4GB of RAM. I haven’t had any issues out of them. Dell chargers always stop working… I would avoid buying dell laptops at all costs. HP just tend to be low quality IME.
d3rl
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We use Dell Latitude 3000 series
We use Dell Latitudes E7xxx models with i7, 8GB RAM and 256GB or 512GB SSDs that come with 5yr NDB with completecover.
Our AutoCAD or graphics depts uses Dell Precision Mobile workstations (specs determined by software requirements) 5yr NDB with completecover.
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Jeoff_b . You asked about Chromebooks. I use a 4 year old HP 14 one that has not got a high spec - it has 2 GB of RAM for example.Just counted and I have 29 tabs open with no problem. It is 4 years old and has been fine. Battery (when I just checked as I type) says 80% charge left which will give me nearly 6 hours. It is certainly good enough for Web based Apps. It is worth mentioning that updates still come through and very quickly happen. Sometimes it needs a restart and that can be done in about 10 seconds.
I also use a 4 year old Acer C720 Chromebook (2 GB of RAM) that I converted to Linux and put a 128 GB SSD in. My reason for doing this was because I wanted to use it for some tasks that the Chromebook does not do so well such as watching recorded videos on my network at home, etc. It too works extremely well. It is robust enough. I can watch recorded films when on flights, etc.
Also, in the USA, the quote was that for education the market was about (a few years ago) 60% Chromebooks, 20% Macs and 20% Windows. And many preferred the ease of admin with them. It also indicates that they must be robust enough to withstand school use.
My advice is to try a few Chromebooks and see how you go. Which make you get for that is up to you.
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Dell xps 13 & 15 are good machines. Light weight, they look a bit fragile but I have had no damage issues. Xps 13 can get quite hot when working hard.
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Latitudes, XPS, and Precisions mobile workstations based on position and needed power. All covered with ProSupport Plus and almost never a problem.*
*Besides my darn Latitude laptop I inherited from HR which was seemingly bad from the get go but can’t be declared a lemon.
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I’m a Dell Latitude guy. The ultra books are the perfect size and weight. We get all of ours refurbished from Dell for a VERY reasonable price. We rarely have issues out of our refurb units either, but when we do, they still carry the 3 -year on-site NBD warranty. Really can’t beat it for what you get.
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Chromebooks are amazing, but you will need to enroll them into Google Management. As far as specs go, never get a Chromebook with 2GB of memory (they tend to slow down significantly with multiple tabs open). Always go with 4GB of memory. Also, stay away from Chromebooks with atom processors for business/educational purposes. A Chromebook with a Celeron or core m3 processor would work the best.
Chromebooks work so well we can usually almost forget about them, which is amazing.
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We use dell, we buy them from dell not third party.
We have several chrome books that we use for training items that are internet hosted videos etc. No connection to internal company resources.
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I’ve used a lot of Dell Latitudes over the years and they are pretty solid and work well. Recently I got a Microsoft Surface Book 2 for myself and although it is crazy expensive with the i7/16GB/512GB it is an awesome laptop/tablet. I love that it’s super lightweight and the battery seems to last forever. The only negative for it is the price and the cost of the protection plan. I am a bit afraid of taking it to different job sites for fear of it getting damaged.
Agree with DatiTguy that more RAM is better; although with my 2 GB of RAM, I have not had a problem. Also worth stating that Chromebooks use zram which is a Linux way of compressing data going into RAM if the Chromebook goes above its hard limit of 2 GB (for example). So the 2 GB of RAM can go to about an equivalent of 4 GB at the cost of a very slight hit to the CPU for the compression/decompression task. A search comes up with this as an explanation which is far better than one I could write: How much RAM do you need in a Chromebook? | Android Central
Appreciate all the Dell shout-outs!
Hey Jeoff - As Lee5855 mentioned, the XPS 13 and 15 are mighty fine choices incorporating quality, powerful features with manageability and security options if you’d want to take that route! Latitudes , as well, are pretty reliable business-class laptops and 2-in-1s with great support for your end-users.
If web application capability is the main focus, either choice will be well-equipped (and more) to handle such tasks.
Any particular model jumping out at you currently?
@leehenderson4
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