I have a Dell E4300 and like it. My preference would have been for a little lighter system but this one does the job. It's a little over 3 lbs.
Curt From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looking for light laptop The E series is nice I just got my boss one and he likes it. Lighter than his D820 but that is not saying much it is a desktop replacement. Jon On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Tom Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a light laptop for home/work use. > Suggestions appreciated. I'm most used to Dell, HP, and IBM/Lenovo. When it comes to the small-and-light category, it's largely a matter of which sacrifices you want to make. Which do you want more: An optical drive, VGA out, DVI out, built-in screen size, etc. Are you willing to sacrifice more to get smaller-and-lighter? For example, the Apple "Air" laptop is extremely thin, but has practically no I/O beyond USB and Ethernet. The Asus Eee is not quite as thin and light, but is much cheaper than an Air. From what I've seen, IBM and Dell's offerings are bit thicker/heavier, but have more features. ObAnecdote: We mostly buy Dell here. The Latitude D410/D420/D430 series is light but capable. We've got six in service. I've seen a slightly higher than typical fault incidence than other models, but for our case they may also be getting (ab)used more, so that may just be sample bias. I wouldn't buy *any* laptop without a service contract. On the downside, they're phasing it out, and I haven't touched the new "E series" yet. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
