For biz, I'd lean towards the Thinkpad/Latitude level.
Got an Outlet HP 3500 Core i3/6GB for a biz customer, so slow with the WD Blue they put in it that I offered him a SSD swap that he couldn't refuse (basically parts only). It was an embarrassment otherwise, almost as slow as the Vista system it replaced. CPU isn't waiting around for the HDD to deliver anymore, quick boot, quick app launch/response even with Quickbooks. The box was only $220 from HP outlet, but lordy do they lean on the cheap chipsets and cut the features on those things. H61 Express chipset, Sata II.
Even with the same drive, better chipsets seem offer higher performance, good advertisement for looking a bit higher on the shelf.
Snagged a desktop from of Dell Outlet, i5 Haswell/6GB. 3 Sata ports. Hmmm. Good sense for some biz applications that won't use more than that (or even more than 2 ports), but seems the lads are getting a tad frugal there...
Got an Outlet HP 3500 Core i3/6GB for a biz customer, so slow with the WD Blue they put in it that I offered him a SSD swap that he couldn't refuse (basically parts only). It was an embarrassment otherwise, almost as slow as the Vista system it replaced. CPU isn't waiting around for the HDD to deliver anymore, quick boot, quick app launch/response even with Quickbooks. The box was only $220 from HP outlet, but lordy do they lean on the cheap chipsets and cut the features on those things. H61 Express chipset, Sata II.
Even with the same drive, better chipsets seem offer higher performance, good advertisement for looking a bit higher on the shelf.
Snagged a desktop from of Dell Outlet, i5 Haswell/6GB. 3 Sata ports. Hmmm. Good sense for some biz applications that won't use more than that (or even more than 2 ports), but seems the lads are getting a tad frugal there...