Notebooks Need Engineering/Business Laptop

Guys.

Is there anything out there that has a quad core cpu, 8+ gigabytes of RAM and 1080p display and a large hard drive. Integrated GPU is fine. There's such an array of crap out there its hard to find what I need.

 

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w530/?sb=:000000F0:0000033C:#techspecs

 

Thanks longweight.

Lenovo seem to let me configure one close to what I need.


Anymore suggestions from anyone?

 

The Dell Vostro line were pretty solid too... whether they still are is another matter...

Depending on your budget their Precision Line might be more what you're after...

 

Them thinkpad laptops are pretty much bullet proof.

 

Further to the above, Lenovo. They're brilliant. I'm typing this on one now

 

I have the Yogabook 13.3, it is so nice! I wish that I had a need for a powerful HD laptop like that one!

 

I used to have a T61 as my workhorse back in the day - it was, in a word, brilliant. I require less computing power these days so have an L530 instead

 

I got on to dell and as redflames suggested they mentioned the Precision range as well. I would prefer the lenovo but other factors may force me down the line of dell.

In my mind lenovo offer decent quality stuff compared to dell. But I think you can really only make that call after owning them for a while

I see that some of them can be configured with RAID. Does anyone have any opinion on laptop raid. I know its not going to be hardware RAID but it might be a good way to protect against hard drive failure all the same.

 

Worth mentioning lenovos warranty repair service ain't great.

 

In my IT days I had to deal with a fair few repairs and never had a problem! Dell's warranty service is excellent, mind.

 

You mentioned business [Vostro is their business range] and/or engineering [Precision being their workstation range]... so that's what i suggested...

There is a company called Boxx that used to do pretty decent mobile workstations too, but last time i dealt with them they were a pain in the arse to buy from and the build quality wasn't great... not good when you're spending well into 4-figure territory

There is also of course 'The Enemy'... by which i mean buy a MacBook and shove windows on it...

Generally the stuff aimed at Joe Public has terrible build quality and service, the stuff aimed at businesses tends to be more robust with better service...

HP are the best example of that. Their consumer-orientated stuff [laptop in particular] is shoddy as hell, but their business stuff, [micro]servers and the like are well regarded and reliable...

 

Vostro is the budget business range. Latitude are the shiny end of the business range. Look at those aswell OP.

HP have good products but abysmal service and just screw you for more money any chance they get.

 

Completely forgot about the Latitudes... All that came to mind was Vostro [Business], Dimension [Consumer], Precision [Workstation] and XPS/Failenware [More money than brains]

 

Depending on your screen size, the xps range from dell could be a good choice.

The only drawback is that the xps 14 doesn't have a full hd screen I believe but everything else fits the specs.

Also if you go on the dell outlet store, you can get a refurb max spec xps 15 (what is essentially a windows MBP) for about £800 without a gpu.

 

Thanks for everyone's help. Its all sorted now

 

What did you go for, out of curiosity

 

The precision

 

I worked in IT for an engineering firm up until recently. Everyone used a Lenovo.
The X series is nice and portable, W series were popular with the CAD guys and the T series was the middle ground.

All of them feel expensive and solid at the same time. Support was great. Granted we were a business so most likely got preferential treatment.

 

Precision M6x00 series are good laptops.
If you need it for 3D CAD software like Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks, a workstation GPU like Nvida Quadro or AMD Firepro is a must.