So I am getting into a big thing with family and some investors. This project is going to be multifaceted and take place in the field and will be one of many projects I will be helping support my father complete. A laptop is in the budget but I have no clue what to get.
I need something future proof, that looks professional, and can run any office program in the market, from publisher, to project planner. Wifi, bluetooth, etherenet are prefered.
I really need advice because 5 years ago, I let myself get pushed around and got stuck with a
Fujitsu Siemens M1425.
It did the deed but proved to be a beast in later years.
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edit: it works well for other stuff too. I use it at home and on trips and it handles netflix and stuff just fine.
We use T500's as well.
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Yeah, the T500 will handle all of that. We use them for virtual conference presentations with monitor sharing and powerpoint with a projector as well and the video has always held strong.
Projecter....homeworld 2.....point defense 6.0....it was beautiful.......;)
Oh, Lenovo doesn't sell it anymore, I checked earlier, what would you recommend after that model?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
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Whatever their next step up is I guess.... It looks like the 510 series.
It's not cheap, but it's durable as hell and does the job for the next four years or more.
edit: ruckus, that $1299 model is the most decked out. You can get one for about $1070 which will have the core i5 and nvidia graphics.
In 6 years of network administration across 3 companies now, and a few years before that as a hobby, I've never found tablet notebooks be useful for anybody.
Though, I guess there is a possibility that in my years working in A) the pharmaceutical industry, the graphics industry, and C) the diagnostic medical industry, that I've just never found the particular niche they fill.
There this device will join me in African, not the parts were Simba, Timon and Pumba played. Touchscreens are a needless luxury.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
They gave me a T510 for work last week. It is pretty good. Especially with the whole docking station business. Bit heavy though, but it works well, and has a nice keyboard.
Hell, I'm still using a T60, and with an SSD and upgraded ram it runs all office apps and win7 flawlessly. And its still in great shape unlike business grade HPs or dells of similar vintage.
Whatever you decide on doing, don't waste the money on an SSD. They're nice, but a 500GB Momentus XT from Seagate will provide you with the same performance most of the time, and cost about $1500 less than an desktop SSD with an equivalent amount of space.
They don't even make 2.5" fully SS 500GB drives yet so...