« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: Suggestions for a business laptop?  (Read 9735 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline TOPNDR

  • Soft Floor Camper User
  • ****
  • Posts: 674
  • Gender: Male
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2013, 11:06:51 PM »
I'd break out and go MacBook Air, with a 27" Thunderbolt Display, or two. Lighting fast, the Air is as light as.  Run apps from the flash-drive and data on an external thunderbolt disk.   :cheers:

To give you an idea of the speed, when I transferred the data from my USB 2 external drive to a physically similar sized but 1TB Thunderbolt drive, a 40 odd Gig file that took 35 mins to transfer to the Air's flash drive, only took 5 mins to transfer to the Thunderbolt drive.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2013, 11:09:33 PM by TOPNDR »
Logged
'09 VX TTD Cruiser:- 6 speed auto, 650 nm torque plus bling
'09 Australian Off Road Quantum

Offline spargo

  • Soft Floor Camper User
  • ****
  • Posts: 615
  • Thanked: 1 times
  • Gender: Male
  • "Love that car.."
    • Twitter
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2013, 11:12:44 PM »
Quote from: TOPNDR on March 06, 2013, 11:06:51 PM
I'd break out and go MacBook Air, with a 27" Thunderbolt Display, or two. Lighting fast, the Air is as light as.  Run apps from the flash-drive and data on an external thunderbolt disk.   :cheers:

I'd recommend this too, but maybe not the extra screen. If using a Mac is an issue, just run Windows on it and your corporate SOE and programs. I use a MacBook Pro, with both Windows and OSX on it, and even though it is 4 years old, it hammers along!!
Logged

Offline stepheng

  • Tent User
  • ***
  • Posts: 148
  • Gender: Male
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2013, 10:44:10 AM »
I am not an apple fan (not that this matters) but before getting one, I would consider what the environment the laptop will be used on..most business these days are windows based and if you go for another platform, their will be issues, even if only slightly, particularly when using business applications, ie word, excel and databases.
Logged

Offline MDSimpson

  • Soft Floor Camper User
  • ****
  • Posts: 647
  • Thanked: 2 times
  • Gender: Male
  • 2007 Jayco Flamingo Outback follows the 2008 Prado
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2013, 11:16:40 AM »
Quote from: stepheng on March 07, 2013, 10:44:10 AM
I am not an apple fan (not that this matters) but before getting one, I would consider what the environment the laptop will be used on..most business these days are windows based and if you go for another platform, their will be issues, even if only slightly, particularly when using business applications, ie word, excel and databases.

This is why I recommended Dell over Apple. If the question had of been "I want a new computer for home" my response would have been very different.
Whilst I think Windows is under powered, buggy and problematic, it is the most business compatible operating system...
Logged
2007 Jayco Flamingo Outback follows the 2008 D4D Prado. Lets get out there...

Offline TOPNDR

  • Soft Floor Camper User
  • ****
  • Posts: 674
  • Gender: Male
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2013, 04:57:08 PM »
Quote from: stepheng on March 07, 2013, 10:44:10 AM
I am not an apple fan (not that this matters) but before getting one, I would consider what the environment the laptop will be used on..most business these days are windows based and if you go for another platform, their will be issues, even if only slightly, particularly when using business applications, ie word, excel and databases.

Microsoft Office for Mac runs natively on Apple OS X, the only limitation that I'm aware of is Excel macros won't run on the Mac.
Logged
'09 VX TTD Cruiser:- 6 speed auto, 650 nm torque plus bling
'09 Australian Off Road Quantum

Offline spargo

  • Soft Floor Camper User
  • ****
  • Posts: 615
  • Thanked: 1 times
  • Gender: Male
  • "Love that car.."
    • Twitter
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #30 on: March 07, 2013, 09:27:38 PM »
Just run Windows on the Mac.  Done.
Logged

Offline Bird

  • Once Was Lost, now am found
  • Hard Top Camper User
  • ******
  • Posts: I am a geek!!
  • Thanked: 1874 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Life is far too long....
    • My Place.
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2013, 09:54:17 AM »
just buy your preloaded windows on your

?Acer / Gateway
?ASUS
?Dell / Alienware
?Fujitsu
?HP
?Lenovo
?Samsung
?Sony
?Toshiba

Done.
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

If money was no object, I'd love Alienware.
If your staff are hamfisted - Panasonic Toughbooks.
Logged
-
Click to enlarge

Gone to a new home

Offline Mallory Black

  • Hard Floor Camper User
  • *****
  • Posts: 999
  • Thanked: 5 times
  • Gender: Male
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #32 on: March 08, 2013, 04:55:59 PM »
swinging towards a Lenovo T530
tough
can buy online and save a few dollars
and can get a docking station for security
Logged
1998 3.4V6 Prado & homebuilt rear fold soft floor

Marschy

  • Guest
Re: Suggestions for a business laptop?
« Reply #33 on: March 08, 2013, 05:21:28 PM »
Good choice, you won't be dissapointed
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »