Laptop brands

[losikid]

Well i'l say right now, i'm 100% against HP. No chance in hell i'll consider it.

Anyways, currently what are the better laptop brands. I'd choose a nice sony, but compared to like a dell or something apples to apples, they're about 500 more. And its actually a gift my step dad wants to give my mom. So...price is probably more of a concern than brand loyalty.

If i had my choice for laptops at best buy (has to be locally)

Sony - VAIO F Series Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 16.4" Display - Black - VPCF236FM/B

but a nice dell

Dell - Inspiron Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 17.3" Display / 8GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive - Diamond Black - I17RN-3530DBK

Its 90% a business computer for trucking invoicing. So 10 key is a must

So whats every's thoughts on brand?

[riflerockmafia]

Asus

[ghtpdm5]

have 2 toshibas here, not a hiccup on either of them. of course i ditch windows on the first power-up....have to say though that mine is the most durable laptop i've seen outside a lenovo or toughbook. been through hell and back and still sound. ma's is an L505 with the 10 key which we got for the exact same reason before dad died, and its a very solid machine as well.

[DickyT]

Vaio is a POS. About as proprietary as a PC can get.


Dell's are great machines, for a business pc look at the lattitude line . Lenovo has nice business machines as well.

Toshiba has some nice machines too as does the above mentioned ASUS, but they are OEM home consumer machines.

If you can buy it at Best Buy it is not a business machine.


There are 3 grades of hardware as well when it comes to drives and other. Military Grade (obvious) - the best and nor available outside military.

There is enterprise grade which tests the 2nd highest. This grade of hardware will be in business PC's.

Then there is OEM... the rest of the crap that goes in consumer machines.

A consumer machine will have more bells and whistles than a business machine, the business machine has better guts.

[losikid]

Originally Posted by riflerockmafia

Asus

Have a link to a good one with a separate 10 key?

[losikid]

Originally Posted by DickyT

If you can buy it at Best Buy it is not a business machine.

Yes i know, BUT has to be bought local (not my choice)

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by losikid

Have a link to a good one with a separate 10 key?

Asus - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 17.3" Display / 8GB Memory - Black - G74SX-BBK8

[losikid]

Originally Posted by DickyT

Asus - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 17.3" Display / 8GB Memory - Black - G74SX-BBK8

At that price i'd go with the sony though. Sony is lighter and thinner too.

One thing thats popping about the asus though is the twin 7200rpm hd's BUT i don't think this will make a huge performance leap in buisness computing

[DickyT]

Depending on how you set the raid up it could make a real performance difference. you could also use parity for data redundancy.


If price is an issue go with Dell or Toshiba.

[riflerockmafia]

Is there a certain use and price you are looking for?

[binaryterror]

Lenovo...nothing else is as good.

Then Toshiba

Then business level Dell's (not the ones you can buy at Best Buy, only online)

Then everything falls in the same just possibly going to last 2 years: Acer, Asus, Sony, HP, Home Dell...all crap.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by binaryterror

Lenovo...nothing else is as good.

Agreed.

[losikid]

Sooo, i was looking at dell.com

and i'm thinking the dell latitude E6420. If price is ok and/or it can be bought online

Here's the higher $ one. (1500, also has 3year pro warranty and 3 year accidental damage included in price

Latitude E6420, Ships Fast FCG9
Intel® Core™ i5-2520M (2.50GHz, 3M cache) with Turbo BoostTechnology 2.0
Recovery Media for Genuine Windows® 7 Professional,64bit,Multiple Language
4.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
320GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
6-cell (60WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery
8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD™, no media
Dell Wireless™ 1501 802.11b/g/n Half Mini Card
No Out-of-Band Systems Management
Light Sensitive Webcam and Noise Cancelling Digital Array Mic
Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth Module
No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader
14.0" HD+(1600x900) Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee
Internal English Backlit Dual Pointing Keyboard
nVidia® NVS™ 4200M 512MB DDR3 Discrete Graphics for Dual Core
Energy Star 5.0 Enabled / EPEAT Gold
No Modem
Thank you for choosing Ship Fast from Dell
Intel Core i5 Label
90W A/C Adapter (3-pin)

and the lower (with same warranty) $1200

Latitude E6420, Ships Fast FCG8
Intel® Core™ i5-2520M (2.50GHz, 3M cache) with Turbo BoostTechnology 2.0
Recovery Media for Genuine Windows® 7 Professional,64bit,Multiple Language
4.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
250GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
6-cell (60WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery
8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD™, no media
Dell Wireless™ 1501 802.11b/g/n Half Mini Card
No Out-of-Band Systems Management
Light Sensitive Webcam and Noise Cancelling Digital Array Mic
Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth Module
No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader
14.0" HD(1366x76 Anti-Glare LED-backlit
Internal English Backlit Dual Pointing Keyboard
Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Energy Star 5.0 Enabled / EPEAT Gold
No Modem
Thank you for choosing Ship Fast from Dell
Intel Core i5 Label
90W A/C Adapter (3-pin)

[losikid]

Originally Posted by riflerockmafia

Is there a certain use and price you are looking for?

I wasn't given a price limit. Mostly business use.

It's my step dad's Christmas gift to my mom. My mom does all the accounting for their trucking business (If anyone ever needs truck work in Colorado or surrounding states, LMK) (we have belly dump, and a flat bead for the semi and a dump truck, but my step dad has alot of contacts)

[riflerockmafia]

Originally Posted by losikid

I wasn't given a price limit. Mostly business use.

It's my step dad's Christmas gift to my mom. My mom does all the accounting for their trucking business

I'd check all of asus' buisness computers.

[Natedog]

Asus, Samsung. Fry's Home Electronics | Computer Parts & Accessories, Software, Games, TVs, Cameras - Frys.com or TigerDirect.com - Computers, Computer Parts, Computer Components, Netbooks & Electronics


IBM/Lenovo is the worst POS I ever used/worked on.

Originally Posted by losikid

Have a link to a good one with a separate 10 key?

Just buy a USB 10-key seperate.

[baconCHDDRchips]

Originally Posted by riflerockmafia

Asus

Asus!! ^^^^^^^
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that is what I am on right now.

[BigSki]

I'm not a PC/tech kind of guy, but I can tell you that I've had great luck w/ my Toshiba Satellite. It's 7 years old now and still going strong. It still has windows XP which I wouldn't trade for anything except a MAC. You didn't mention MAC, are you not a fan of their products?

[fred0000]

no chance in hell i'd consider an HP (compaq is the same garbage) or a dell, or a sony, or a eMachine.

I've had several Acers and been very happy with them (couple Toshiba's aswell and they would be my 2nd choice), I worked in a computer shop for years and thats what we sold cause they are an amazing value.

and wouldn't you know it, the majority of the computers in for repair were. HP's/Compaq, dells, sony's and eMachines

good luck on your hunt for a laptop, your on the right track now instead of going into a store and pointing at one, or letting some rookie "sales associate" talk you into something you don't need.

[losikid]

Originally Posted by BigSki

I'm not a PC/tech kind of guy, but I can tell you that I've had great luck w/ my Toshiba Satellite. It's 7 years old now and still going strong. It still has windows XP which I wouldn't trade for anything except a MAC. You didn't mention MAC, are you not a fan of their products?

I doubt a mac will work with the windows type server that my mom runs quickbooks off of (she also works at a full time accounting office, so she runs off their server for everything business related)