I would stick with Lattitudes or Precisions, XPS are more consumer oriented, though higher end then Inspiron's.
I have to ask, why no external monitor? Space issues? IF the 17" is a requirement, I think you're looking exclusively at the Precisions, then. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks: > > My wife asked for advice on laptops. At her work her PC is due for > replacement, and all new-issues units are laptops. The unit must be Dell, > and she has a spending limit of about $2,500. She's not at her desk all day > and several days a week she works from home from her home PC. The work > laptop does not need to be light since it probably won't be moved much, but > a 17" screen would be nice, since there will not be an external monitor. > > All of the laptop's I purchase here at work are the Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad > line, which I like very much. I don't have much experience with Dell > laptops though. > > Anyone have any recommendations for a particular line? She's limited to > the Latitudes, Precisions, and XPS units (Higher Education). > > Thanks, > Tom > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
