Suggestions for a business laptop?

[TOPNDR]

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.   

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.

[spargo]

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.   

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!!

[stepheng]

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.

[MDSimpson]

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...

[TOPNDR]

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.

[spargo]

Just run Windows on the Mac.  Done.

[Bird]

just buy your preloaded windows on your

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

Done.
 

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

[Mallory Black]

swinging towards a Lenovo T530
tough
can buy online and save a few dollars
and can get a docking station for security

[Marschy]

Good choice, you won't be dissapointed