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What is your favorite type of PC for work related situations?

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vivster on 10 November 2016
BasilZero said:


Good point. And yeah the first 3 models shown have SSDs with low capacity so I'm assuming the best one to go with is the Dell Latitude E6540?

Hard to tell which one is the best. They all come in vastly different configurations. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on space if it means sacrificing an SSD. Space can be expanded externally, but drives can't be replaced.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 10 November 2016
BasilZero said:
 



Captain_Yuri said:

Well here is my thinking. Since this is mainly for work, I suggest getting the surface pro 4 Only if it is the model with an i5 + 8gb of ram but at a minimum of an i5. Core M is not very good at handling many tasks and i5 will just be better for the long term and 8gb of ram is also sweet. From the few I have researched, the Surface has the most amount of battery life out of the products you have stated lasting around 8 + hours with wifi surfing. And yes, that is on the i5 model.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9727/the-microsoft-surface-pro-4-review-raising-the-bar/7

Where as the E6540 will last you 6.5 hours, Dell E5440 will last you 8 but it's display isn't as good, E7240 will last you 4.4 hours, E6330 will last you 6.5 hours. All of them are according to notebookcheck.net

The Surface also has the best display, SSD and plenty of other things. It doesn't have a dvd drive though and it is smaller than the others at 11 inches. So I would say the Surface 4 Pro i5 + 8gb model if your company is paying for all of them. Unless you think you are going to need some of the other things like a dvd drive and etc and don't want to buy usb accessories for them.

Edit: I should mention that none of their displays are as good as Surface Pros


Dont the surfaces have the RT OS? Or do they use actual Windows OS.

 
 



 




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outlawauron on 10 November 2016

Surface Pro may not be beefy enough for what you need. Definitely go with Laptop+dock.

Out of your options, I lean E5440 or E6540. They're skimping on you a bit. i5/8GB RAM is minimum.



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torok on 10 November 2016
BasilZero said:
 

So I just got an update from my supervisor.

For this position there will not be much usage of VM’s, however whichever model I choose will come with at least 8GB RAM.

I was also informed that it will be coming with a 250 GB SSD

8 GB is enough for some reasonable usage of VMs. A 250 GB SSD is a bit small, but you can work with it without issues.



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