+1 as well on the E-series. I have one in house and (I hope) 2 more on the way. Dell's EDU pricing has been killing the HP line for the last couple of years for us not that I tired all that hard to switch. Watch out for the Intel Wireless NIC it seems to be a bit more effort to get working correctly. I prefer the Broadcom/Dell NIC's they seem to give us less issues.
Jon On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 on the E-series. The backlit keyboard, built in mic and camera are > nice addons, but the power and battery life on these are phenemonal. The > construction is by far better than previous models. > > > > *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:23 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Which Dell laptop to select for office? > > > > The XPS comes in a 17” version. It’s a very nice machine, although I don’t > know that I would recommend it for a business environment. I really like the > newer E series Latitudes for a business laptop. > > TVK > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:20 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Which Dell laptop to select for office? > > > > 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/> ~
