Laptop Recs?
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Company I work for is replacing all the Surface Pro's with laptops. The Surface had a ridiculously high failure rate (battery bursting out the back) and it grinds to a halt when excel is using multiple work sheets.
Not sure how old they are now and they may have improved but I wouldn't touch one.
You'd be able to claim the depreciation as a business expense so would be worth getting one that will last a while.
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We just got TR Jnr a chrome book for school, I just got a work one too (last person in our company to get one, I been trying to avoid getting one but they made me)
They seem pretty good, but not sure they upto what mokey wants, aside from the porn.
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@Mokey lol def time to retire that porn ridden word machine 😁😁
Did you catch any post xmas deals? As in any models you are looking at?
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@Paekakboyz I was keeping an eye out, but tbh the models that were on special were older ones with specs that are similar to current model, also not overly cheaper. The ones offering less than 1k were dogshit, but even laptops at 1699 or 1899 were still 8GB, and I'm 100% sure that wont suit.
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@Machpants said in Laptop Recs?:
Basically the best idea is decide your budget, decide screen size (13" portable if you use it on the move a lot, 15" middle ground, 17" if you want big screen for old eyes), then play with some to get the feel you like. Then buy the highest Spec you like the feel of in your budget. You really can't go wrong, most laptops are more than powerful enough for everyday users.
I agree with this - decide screen size and portability requirements, and then recommendations are easier, although by and large, 16GB portables will be expensive.
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As I said in the OP, I hook the laptop up to a large separate screen, so screensize of the laptop is not a factor I'm considering. 99% of the time I'm in my office, so portability also isn't a make or break thing. Reliability, lifespan, speed, storage, best value for money are what I care about.
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Also, don't write off a secondhand thinkpad. I picked up a three year old i5 with 12gb ram and a docking station for about two hundred bucks. Loads of businesses lease, so check on trade me for off lease. The nice thing is they are repairable and upgradeable.
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@Bones said in Laptop Recs?:
Bonesetta has an HP (Pavilion I think) and loves it. Touchscreen and you can flip it over to use like a tablet so good for watching stuff...
Think something like this.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8245355 -
@nzzp heh, docking 😁 🍆🍆
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@Mokey said in Laptop Recs?:
As I said in the OP, I hook the laptop up to a large separate screen, so screensize of the laptop is not a factor I'm considering. 99% of the time I'm in my office, so portability also isn't a make or break thing. Reliability, lifespan, speed, storage, best value for money are what I care about.
Fair enough, a small screen is no way to watch porn.
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@No-Quarter By crikey it is not. And the buffering thing gets old really fucking quickly.
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@Mokey I'm no IT expect, but I've bought 2x laptops in the past few years for me and the missus. Only thing I'd add to all the advice above, is that once you know what you want, its worth going direct to the manufacturer and seeing what deal you can get.
I researched my own purchase a fair bit (CNET, Laptop Mag etc) ended up wanting a Lenovo X1 Carbon. Found you could get them from Harvey Norman, JB HiFi etc, but if you got on the Lenovo live chat direct, they would basically build you a machine with the specs you want, at a way better price. You can cut the shit you don't want (sounds like screen size for you) and add what you do want (SSD, graphics card, extra RAM, sound etc, whatever floats your boat).
The guys online have some authority to discount, but mostly you just end up with exactly the machine you want without paying for the crap you don't.
Bought the wife something similar from Dell recently.
Happy shopping, new laptop day is always a fun day!
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I don't want to hijack @mokey 's thread either but answers that I get might be helpful to her also to copy from the old to new laptop.
My desktop died about a month ago and I had to do a clean install with new drive. I don't have any data loss or anything as my laptop and "the cloud" has it all, but I can't be bothered reinstalling anything and would rather just copy the laptop back onto the desktop.
Anyone got any recommendations on migration software to do it? I think windows 10 has it's own thing but I really just want to push a button and walk away while it happens. Both computers on same network, etc, but desktop has two SSD, laptop one SSD.
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@nzzp said in Laptop Recs?:
Consider a Lenovo thinkpad, the E490 looks a good deal
https://www.lenovo.com/nz/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-edge/E490/p/20N8CTO1WWENNZ3/customize?Work just gave me a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Perhaps my old one was shit, but I really like it. Also everything works so far.
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@antipodean said in Laptop Recs?:
@nzzp said in Laptop Recs?:
Consider a Lenovo thinkpad, the E490 looks a good deal
https://www.lenovo.com/nz/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-edge/E490/p/20N8CTO1WWENNZ3/customize?Work just gave me a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Perhaps my old one was shit, but I really like it. Also everything works so far.
Have been using a Lenovo Thinkpad for about 6 months now and really like it. I travel a fair bit with it and whilst it’s on the heavier side, it’s features and durability are great.
