Which laptop do you use for work?

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i've been using a fujitsu T4210, with a rotating/flip screen / stylus for touch screen activities (fingers don't work at all :P), popped in a 100 gig hard drive, 1/2 partitioned with win xp (doesn't like vista or 7 for some reason) and linux mint 13, along with 3 gigs of ram. I've had no problems with this thing and it's handy and small, do need to spend some $$ and get a new battery for it, got it off ebay for $200.
 
I have always used my ibm t60, but last week my largest client just handed me a macbook air and said we want you to learn more about mac. It was ordered for the president of the company and he was not using it so they gave it to me. I told them I was starting to like them better already! :D
 
alluseridsrejected said:
I have always used my ibm t60, but last week my largest client just handed me a macbook air and said we want you to learn more about mac. It was ordered for the president of the company and he was not using it so they gave it to me. I told them I was starting to like them better already! :D
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wow! lucky guy :D

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My Lenovo e420s just died last night. Was working late at an accounting firm, getting tired and rushed....did a quick turn around and push on a wheeled chair in front of their long table of 3 servers...and the cord got caught on my knee and pulled my laptop over. Flipped down onto the floor. Appears the SATA port died..can't get her to fire up w/drive in there. Drive tests OK in anutter rig. *sigh*

Time to go look at the new X1 Carbon or T430 models.
 
I have used a Windows 7 Pavilion dm3 for the last two years.
Nice and portable and battery life is good.
With a new SSD it is a really nice little machine.
Not something I would have bought from a store but someone sold it to me at a price I couldn't refuse.
 
Sam3251010 said:
I myself am not a professional repair tech but I did just have a professional tech come to my home office and he was using a Dell Latitude. He suggested I switch to Dell just for their great customer support. And after seeing previous replies, I think it is definitely worth the switch.
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Is this tongue in cheek? I have not heard of good Customer support with dell on laptops in about 7 years since they moved their support to India.

The best laptops are Panasonic Tough book followed by Toshiba. Sony's are good but they are a bitch to work on so you have to charge more for that. HP and Dell are bottom feeders.

PS I like IBM but they (refurbs) do not seem to sell well in my shop.
 
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Sold the Macbook a while back. Will be getting a Macbook Air 13" as a replacement after the first of the year. 2.0 GHz core i7, 8 gigs of RAM, 256 gig SSD and I'll be dual booting with Windows 7.
 
I'm still perfectly content with my Thinkpad T42. It's well built, upgraded hdd, memory, and battery. It still performs great (especially with linux and a lightweight DE) :).
 
My coworkers and I have been putting a few donated Fujitsu Lifebook T4220 tablet PCs (rather, laptops with a cool swivel screen and nifty pen) to work for the past few months. I've been thrilled to have something portable with a Core 2 Duo in it, since I'd been using my personal Atom-powered Acer Aspire One netbook up to that point. Still waiting to install an SSD. Other than a few 'goofy' problems, they've been very good, reliable machines.

What do I consider goofy?
1. The batteries LOVE to fall out and hit you on the foot! :mad:
2. The screens like to go...yellowish. Great for word processing, bad for photos.
3. Poor, brittle plastic cases; thin & not reinforced where they really should've been.
4. Included security features are almost TOO good. :p

These are just personal pet peeves, I suppose. For day-to-day use by my staff, I couldn't have asked for better, IMHO.
 
When I need to use a laptop I use a Dell Latitude D520 with XP Pro on it. It does all I need for it to do - mostly configuration of our in-house networking. I don't do outside service work so it stays with me. It's a Core2-DUO 1.66GHz with 1GB memory.
 
A Lenovo X220:

Core i7-2620M
12" IPS
16 GB DDR3 1600
240 GB mSATA SSD (OS, programs, VMs)
500 GB 7,200 RPM (storage)

I love it :D
 
drickyd said:
Visits to some of my more remote customers takes me on trips across (the Namib) desert and some very rough terrain. The conditions I work in are often very dusty, dry and hot. For years I used a Panasonic 'toughbook' recomended by an old Army buddy, but when this finally needed replacing, and because I wanted to upgrade to a newer spec, I looked around for some alternatives. I decided on a GETAC B300, which is another very rugged machine, built around a magnesium alloy case and has a shock-mounted hard drive, sealed I/O caps and doors etc, but what really sold it to me is its (optional) sunlight readable display - great for use outdoors in an African environment. So that's my ideal portable machine today, so far performing fantastically and even when my Jeep bounces over the harshest of ground I don't worry that my laptop will give up on me when I need it most - ie when I get to my customer!

So my advice is simply to go with what suits the conditions you are going to be using it in and even though you probably wont need anything as tough as the GETAC you might want to think about the times you are going to chuck the machine and its bag into the boot of the car along with all your other gear. As a road warrior who needs to rely on things working when you get to your destination, sometimes 'rugged' is better than very 'top end performance' - but of course its your choice!
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I will have to second this one.

I have a Panasonic Toughbook CF-52, 2.4GHz Core Duo P8600, 4GB ram, 120GB Intel SSD. DOES EVERY THING I NEED IT TO DO.

I can't even begin to count how many times that thing flew off the seat and slammed into the floor of my car while braking for some A... Hole that just pulled out in front of me. Carrying too much crap one day (and not using the handle that is on the laptop), it slid rite out from under my arm, and from about a 3ft DROP, it hit a cement curb at a perfect 90deg, rite on the edge of the curb where it ONLY HIT THE HINGE PART OF THE TOP or LCD!!! NOW...when I close the lid, its about 3/16ths over the edge on the right side, and the latch that holds the lid closed doesn't catch very well. So now, I just have to smack it back safely using some blocks of wood...or something. Sorry for the long story, my point is, ITS A DAM KICK ASS tool to drag round in the field. My laptop has to be a Toughbook and my watch has to be a solid Seiko dive watch, or I would have them both completely destroyed within a few months... Don't get me wrong, I BABY all my expensive electronics, I'm a fanatic about it, very anal about taking care of all my crap, including all my camera stuff...Canon 5DMKII and the list goes on, but when I get on a project, I don't want to FUSS around and be preoccupied with worrying about breaking some delicate CHEAP plastic laptop. I have a few ThinkPads like the R and T series, and also the Dell Latitudes were nice and solid, but I have to say, the crap that I see now is a joke. With my ToughBook, I open the door, toss it in the back seat and I'm off....

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