vivster 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 has a bad display, 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 but 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.
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But let's look at it from the IT job perspective though.
Battery life is meaningless. Image quality is negligable by the test standards, as is size. What you need is flexibility. And unless it's the lowest quality crap any i5 will do.
I work with a Latitude 6530 myself. The keyboard on that is godly btw.
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I wouldn't say battery life is meaningless depending on the work he will be doing... Sometimes having great battery life could be a life saver.
The i5s according to the reviews are pretty old but granted can do most if not all office tasks but the Surface also comes with an SSD. And its not like USB accessories don't exist for his needs. If he doesn't want to carry around accessories, I said he shouldn't get it but if he is willing to... That performance will be pretty useful for things like VMs and etc.
