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Which vendor makes decent work laptops nowadays? (feddit.nl)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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12 Years ago I had a Sony Vaio. I quite liked it. Then in my next job, 2017 or so, I went for a Toshiba Portege, and absolutely loved it.

Guess what the above two have in common? Yup, they stopped making laptops for the professional market. So now I'm a bit at a loss. Any recommendations?

Requirements:

Lightweight and easy to carry around.
13-15" display, preferably
Decent battery life
It absolutely must have an RJ45
Works well with linux
Good keyboard quality
ISO keyboard availability
Touchpad. Bonus points if it has the touchpad buttons ABOVE the pad itself.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dell's Precision series is really good these days. Their Latitudes are all over the place quality-wise, especially their 2-in-1s. XPS's have been alright.

Which did you hate? I deploy a ton of these and there are definitely ones that were awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Latitude 5540. Someone designed this thing as a prank.

The power button is a keyboard key. It has a key just for calc.exe. It's a comedy show all over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah their Latitude line is basically the boring no frills business tier that veers between 'okay' and 'bad'. I talked my company into dropping that junk and instead we now lease their more premium Precision series. Build quality is higher and they have a discreet GPU. People have been way happier and I get a lot fewer complaints. I'm hoping to buy mine once the lease is up.