I'm not sure avoiding a certain manufacturer makes a difference. I had a Compaq that bit the dust after only 2 years, we have a Dell that has been going for almost 10, but I had a Dell that only lasted for 4 years and another HP that only lasted a short while.
I think the bottom line is to only use a laptop when you need to go mobile, and make sure everything else you have is a desktop. ________________________________ From: Lou Syracuse <l...@iconmediadirect.com> To: "profoxt...@leafe.com" <profoxt...@leafe.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:40 AM Subject: [NF] Business Notebook Recommendations We looking for recommendations for business-level notebooks. My company is looking to purchase at least 6 notebooks right away for key personnel as part of our disaster recovery plan. These will be desktop replacements, which will attach to a USB3 docking station when in the office, and the users will take them home with them each night. This is also part of a pilot program where we may buy 20 more notebooks for other managers and key staff members 3 months from now. Here are the requirements I have been given: -MUST ship with Windows 7 Professional. The IT staff doesn't want to deal with in-place upgrades on each laptop. We are not planning to upgrade to Windows 8 any time soon (who is?) -At least 1 USB3 port required for docking station, which will drive dual monitors in the office. IT has already picked out the docking station. -One vendor. One product line if at all possible. Most of the machines will be identical, but not all. See below... -Most machines will probably be lower-level i5's with 15" monitors, good/better battery life, average specs. Being able to take to meetings and not take up the Entire conference table is important. -One will be a little higher up the food chain, probably with a 15" monitor, 2 hard drives preferred(primary SSD would be awesome), good battery life. Must boot quickly. Mobility is important here too. -One MEGA machine, i7 processor, at least 8GB RAM (the more the better), 2 hard drives preferred(primary SSD would be awesome), no 5400 RPM drives, 17" monitor. Processing power is more important than battery life. Mobility not so important. Yes, the latter machine will be for me. LOL The two sticking points seem to be i7/17" monitor combination and Windows 7 Pro. We have been suggested to avoid HP, who unfortunetely makes a LOT of i7 17" notebooks, so I may have to go down to a 15" screen as well. I know it is a lot... I spent a couple of hours looking at sites last night and was a bit disappointed at what I saw. The redesign of the Asus site is terrible and needs a redesign - no way to compare features, just look at one system at a time based on product number (which has no meaning to the user). Sorting through options at PCMall and NewEgg wasn't much better... As always, your thoughts are greatly appreciated! Lou --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0bac2c1927422843b2c121c8b41684af48196...@dfw1mbx24.mex07a.mlsrvr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1340748495.63045.yahoomail...@web125603.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
