Need assistance in deciding on a work related PC

[vivster]

Captain_Yuri said:

vivster said:

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.

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.

The laptop performance is just fine. I doubt he'll be handling many VMs in his job and one running VM should be fine. A laptop is just overall the best and robust package. I don't see a real reason against it while there are plenty for the hybrid.

Also in which IT job do you have to use a laptop consistently for more than 3h without an outlet?