Fleet laptops - what do you like?
-
@penguinwrangler said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
The only vendor that I would stay away from in Lenovo. I am not a big fan of HP because of past experiences but then I hear of people have similar experiences with Dell, which I have not had. So I always try to keep an open mind. As long as Dell makes laptops that work with our current docking stations we will not go away from them because of the cost of replacing docking stations. As soon as they don't we will be open to which ever vendor we feel can meet our needs the best, except Lenovo.
And MS Surface.
-
@Dashrender I think @gjacobse would strangle you if you standardized on Surfaces.
-
@dustinb3403 said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
I'd personally look at the Asus Business line of hardware, Dell and HP and omg Lenovo all seem a bit drab, and lacking in performance / price competitiveness.
Do you need ultra portability?
No, but under 3 lbs would be a good start.
-
Dell Latitude line no longer has CD/DVD drives. We got the E6440s because we still needed CD/DVD drives, they were some of the last latitudes to have them. We get sent discs still from smaller law firms.
-
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@dustinb3403 said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
I'd personally look at the Asus Business line of hardware, Dell and HP and omg Lenovo all seem a bit drab, and lacking in performance / price competitiveness.
Do you need ultra portability?
No, but under 3 lbs would be a good start.
So ultraportable. 3 lbs isn't a lot of weight. . .
-
@coliver said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@Dashrender I think @gjacobse would strangle you if you standardized on Surfaces.
LOL - my wife's school rolled out SP4's last year. She loves it. She's had no issues with it.
-
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@coliver said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@Dashrender I think @gjacobse would strangle you if you standardized on Surfaces.
LOL - my wife's school rolled out SP4's last year. She loves it. She's had no issues with it.
We support a few dozen of them. Our desktop team hates them as they see a ~25% failure/return rate.
-
@dashrender I've used Dell everywhere. I think I only used HP at one location. I can't really complain. However, I did just get an Asus Zenbook last year for a sales guy. So far, he seems to like it.
-
@fuznutz04 said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@dashrender I've used Dell everywhere. I think I only used HP at one location. I can't really complain. However, I did just get an Asus Zenbook last year for a sales guy. So far, he seems to like it.
I have seen one Zenbook actually still in use today. After we had ours at home for 1 year, and it was working well, I suggested it as a possible option for a Doc. His Gen 2 unit is still going strong. Our Gen 1 as I mentioned died at just shy of the two year mark, and I found many posts with people having the same issue. Really should probably have been a class action item.. just like the SP owners should be getting a class action for a 25% failure rate - but I'm sure MS is replacing them no questions asked in the 1 year warranty period... after that - to bad suckers!
-
I like my latitude e7270 a lot. I also have an XPS 13 and it's really nice. The new precision line is essentially the exact same thing as the XPS but with higher specs
-
For fleet, I'd still go with the Dell Latitudes. Get a Dell Latitude E5570 or E5580 to test it out. You may be able to get your Dell rep to configure them with SSDs... if not, you can have bench do them all quick.
-
@stacksofplates said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
e7270
I've been looking at the XPS as well. But that e7270 looks like as well. My next laptop will either be an Asus, or one of those Dell models.
-
@tim_g said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
For fleet, I'd still go with the Dell Latitudes. Get a Dell Latitude E5570 or E5580 to test it out. You may be able to get your Dell rep to configure them with SSDs... if not, you can have bench do them all quick.
LOL - like we have a bench team.
-
is there any real noticeable difference between i3 and i5 today?
-
@fuznutz04 said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@stacksofplates said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
e7270
I've been looking at the XPS as well. But that e7270 looks like as well. My next laptop will either be an Asus, or one of those Dell models.
12" model - nope.
-
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
is there any real noticeable difference between i3 and i5 today?
The price. . . LOL
-
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@fuznutz04 said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@stacksofplates said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
e7270
I've been looking at the XPS as well. But that e7270 looks like as well. My next laptop will either be an Asus, or one of those Dell models.
12" model - nope.
Good point. Although, most of my day is attached to an external display anyway. So it isn't that big of a deal for me personally.
-
When I was involved in making those decisions at my last company I went with 7000-series Dell Latitudes and had zero complaints.
If money wasn't an option I would probably go with MacBook Pros and all the overpriced associated Mac hardware (monitors, magic trackpads, keyboards, etc..). I've been using a MacBook Pro for the last year and in comparison to my previous Dell Latitude 7440 it performs better and is more stable for what I do.
If saving a boatload of money is your goal, you should check into certified resellers for Dell. There are numerous companies on Ebay that will sell you certified refurbished units with Dell's full warranty for huge savings.
-
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
is there any real noticeable difference between i3 and i5 today?
Yes, depending on usage. The first two generation of i-series chips the i3 didn't make much sense for anything but the very basic use case. Today the i3 will do pretty much everything for the generic office user.
-
@coliver said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
@dashrender said in Fleet laptops - what do you like?:
is there any real noticeable difference between i3 and i5 today?
Yes, depending on usage. The first two generation of i-series chips the i3 didn't make much sense for anything but the very basic use case. Today the i3 will do pretty much everything for the generic office user.
yeah, back in the day, my goto was i5... I'm wondering if I can move down to the i3 and be happy for the normal users.
