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I came across this ZDNET article breaking down the top 10 laptops their readers are buying — but that’s a consumer-focused list. What I want to know is: What’s your go-to laptop brand for business use in 2025?

Whether you’re actively planning a refresh or just daydreaming about what you’d roll out next, tell us which brand you trust most for your organization. Think durability, manageability, support, and overall performance in a business environment. And let us know below why this (or these) are your preferred brands.

What’s your top choice for end-user laptops across your organization?
  • Acer
  • Alienware
  • Apple
  • ASUS
  • Dell
  • HP
  • Lenovo
  • Microsoft
  • MSI
  • Samsung
  • Toshiba
  • Other (comment below)
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Last year, we asked whether your organization leaned more toward laptops or desktops — and laptops came out ahead. While I personally prefer a desktop, it’s been years since my main work system has been one. Has that changed for you?

Is your organization primarily using desktops or laptops?
  • Mainly desktops
  • Mainly laptops
  • A healthy balance of both
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i work for a cost ‘conscious’ company.. so there is no set brand, just what can be got at the right price.

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We’re still sticking with Dell for the time being. While their quality seems to have dipped some over the last few years, we still continue to have good luck with them (and their warranty process is still good to work through). Their Latitude laptops just aren’t as resistant to user abuse as the older models.

Have only a handful of Lenovo devices. They have also been very reliable.

Apple is only for a select few that either truly need it (marketing really likes them) or certain managers that demand them. While I like Apple I truly hate managing them in a primarily Windows environment.

Regarding Laptops vs Desktops, frustratingly the users all seem to think they need a laptop instead of a desktop. I’ve been very resistant to this which has helped keep a balance for the time being, but we have way more laptops than I would like.

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we are pretty small, when buying we ussually find best value for specs, and lenovo ussually wins out, we have been happy with them, we ussually purchase them on Amazon. if you do need a PC instead of laptop, we buy Bee Link and they have been pretty rock solid as well.

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The Microsoft Surface Laptops have suited us well, so I am replacing those with more of the same. I have tried Lenovo and MSI as well recently, and Lenovo has not done well for me, I’m not sure why, because I have heard a lot of good things about them. The MSI laptop was a <$1k laptop for me personally, and I wish I would have bought a higher end model as it feels a lot more sluggish than I would like.

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IMO Dell and HP go back and forth for the top spot, currently I am using a Dell. Lenovo’s just physically feel too clunky for me

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Where’s Compaq? :rofl:
Long ago we used to have those, then we went to HP, and now Dell.

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HP for all, same model for ease of driver deployment. All attorneys, management and paralegals have laptops. Assitants and support staff desktops. Used to be a dell shop until I got 3 lemons in the same order (motherboard failure every 2-3 months) and their offer was to let me lease instead of offering replacements 8 months in.

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We use to be HP only until limited quantities during the pandemic. Today even, the models we want are either sold out or very high in price. We tried one Dell, but got that during a sale. Lenovo has provided good performance at a more budget-friendly price.

We have been providing laptops to the new attorneys (read that as younger), while the older ones are still using desktops but borrow a laptop when needed. All of the staff are on desktops.

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Although I love my ASUS Zenbooks for their incredible portability, I would never recommend them for staff because of name brand affiliation. We have partners here that are happy hearing names they know and trust and they keeps us from having to do tons of paperwork explaining why in our minds the products with unknown names to the average user are best. Also I am unsure how the durability and reliability of the Zenbooks will be for everyday people who leave their laptop on the roof of their car and then drive off. We already used HPs and we have a few surface tabs floating around so I am going with the common 3.

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Where’s Compaq?

Compaq got bought by HP around 20 years ago. One of my first computers as a teenage was an HP Compaq Presario. I think it was one of the first gens after they were bought.

Now that I look back at the list, Alienware and Dell are both on here too. Although Alienware could have been sold off and I would have missed it during a blink.

EDIT: According to Google, Dell still owns Alienware. Did ZDNET make a mistake? I also cannot see IT pros buying Alienware systems for an office environment.

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We are mainly Dell and Lenovo. We moved away from everyone having desktops to the majority of staff having docking stations. We have some Apple Macbooks for Administrators that “need” them.

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I used to love Compaq. My last two desktops were Compaq and each one lasted me a long time. I never liked HP, mainly because my experience with them was the desktops that they sold through the box stores, which typically were low quality.

I was not happy when I heard that Compaq was bought out by HP.

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Here in the UK, Lenovo are offering the best bang per buck and the support is great.

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Compaq were the premier server hardware, never liked their Desktop/laptops though.

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I remember driving 2+hrs to swap a BIGFOOT HDD out of a Compaq PC: didn’t even load it, the client (military) would do all that, we just pulled the old drive and put a new NON-bigfoot drive in there.

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/Agreed: I love Asus it’s about all I have at the house. I have great faith in Asus.
I wish the company would could afford the gaming laptops for work/business, but those in charge of the funds can’t get over the gaming association: despite the fact my Asus gaming laptop is still working 12 years later, and by working, it is my personal main gaming rig I use every day.

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Ah yes, I remember that mess. We had to RMA a s-ton of them through Compaq. As soon as a client called with HD-related issues, the first question was always “Is it a Compaq and was it installed/purchased recently?”

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Dell Laptops, fully agile/mobile workforce. Even reception desks are laptops now. (Ones we provide for).

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So, I still voted for Microsoft because we have many, healthy Surface Laptops in use. But with the move to Snapdragon/ARM, that may soon change.

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