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Finally! The boss is interested in getting off of the Lenovo laptops and is interested in another line. Currently, we deploy T460, T560, and Yoga 260 with 16 GB of RAM, i5 proc, and 256 GB SSD.
The new line must be comparable in specs, dockage for multiple monitors, and won't spy on us (I threw that in there myself ;-)). Must be comparable in price, ~$1700.
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Dell and HP have broad lines that likely will meet your needs.
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Well Lenovo can't spy on you if you install linux...
LOL
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@DustinB3403 said in New Desktop Platform:
Well Lenovo can't spy on you if you install linux...
LOL
The Spyware is embedded in the chips. Installing Linux would be irrelevant.
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@NerdyDad said in New Desktop Platform:
@DustinB3403 said in New Desktop Platform:
Well Lenovo can't spy on you if you install linux...
LOL
The Spyware is embedded in the chips. Installing Linux would be irrelevant.
Not currently. Everything that Lenovo has been caught doing leverages Windows and does not affect Linux installs. Clearly you cannot trust Lenovo ever and maybe we just haven't caught them doing anything on Linux, but thus far only their Windows customers have been targeted.
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How about MacBook Pro's?
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never seen a lot of fujitsu here, but - in theory- even they are comparable players.
consider that if dell does something, hpe copies and vice-versa.
and of course even lenovo will align.they all basically sell mirrored products for the most. at least when I've checked I've always been able to identify a really similar product from each major vendor.
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@matteo-nunziati said in New Desktop Platform:
never seen a lot of fujitsu here, but - in theory- even they are comparable players.
Make good stuff, but very difficult to acquire in the US.
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@scottalanmiller said in New Desktop Platform:
@RamblingBiped said in New Desktop Platform:
How about MacBook Pro's?
LOL
I was gonna say something about the new MacBooks, but I think @scottalanmiller covered everything that needs said.
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@RamblingBiped said in New Desktop Platform:
How about MacBook Pro's?
As much as I appreciate the suggestion, we are a Microsoft environment and Apple just isn't going to jive here, for both the users and the IT department. Second, they aren't dockable, which is a requirement in our business environment. Lastly, if I were to leave the Microsoft Windows environment, then it would be to go to a Linux environment, not Mac. Thanks anyways.
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@NerdyDad said in New Desktop Platform:
@RamblingBiped said in New Desktop Platform:
How about MacBook Pro's?
As much as I appreciate the suggestion, we are a Microsoft environment and Apple just isn't going to jive here, for both the users and the IT department. Second, they aren't dockable, which is a requirement in our business environment. Lastly, if I were to leave the Microsoft Windows environment, then it would be to go to a Linux environment, not Mac. Thanks anyways.
The two are not disconnected as you assume. I know shops that are zero Mac OSX but run Mac hardware. I don't agree with that decision personally, but it is not an uncommon thing to do. I know vendors here in ML that do this. And I've had NTG customers that did this - they wanted people to think that they can Mac because they were a "creative" business, but Mac OSX couldn't do what they needed so they had to run Windows.
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@NerdyDad said in New Desktop Platform:
Second, they aren't dockable, which is a requirement in our business environment.
Oh its dockable, it's just super crappy. But crappy is not the same as not at all
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@scottalanmiller said in New Desktop Platform:
@NerdyDad said in New Desktop Platform:
Second, they aren't dockable, which is a requirement in our business environment.
Oh its dockable, it's just super crappy. But crappy is not the same as not at all
Just similar.By dockable, I assume he means a click down dock and not a cable based dock.
HP and Dell both only have one line for that anymore.
Macs have never had it.
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We use the new Latitudes at work. I have an e7270 also that I use personally and I really like them.
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I only mentioned MacBooks because I didn't have any insight into your infrastructure. All of our Engineers, Administrators, and Developers use MacBooks here (including myself). I was reluctant at first, but the hardware is top notch and it has a native terminal so I'm happy. Our internals for the business are all run on Microsoft guts, but MacBooks are the primary system that is deployed to end users. Lenovo laptops of various flavors are given out to regular administrative staff that don't fancy an Apple product.
That being said, I'm not interested in the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro. I've already seen and heard plenty of the complaints, and I don't need the extra "features" that they've added.
At my previous job I outfitted all of our Engineers with Dell Latitudes (i7, 256GB/512GB SED SSD's, and 16GB memory). They would more than likely fit the bill for your environment.
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I would highly recommend the Dell Latitudes E7400 series as I have vast experience with them and the support and quality is there.
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e7470-ultrabook/pd?ref=PD_FamilyAlternatively I have used the Toshiba ZSeries as well:
http://us.toshiba.com/computers-tablets/laptops/Tecra/Z50 -
I'm looking at the Dell XPS 15 (the 2017 model) as an alternative to our current MBPs. They are on the pricier side for Windows, but they are nice.
