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Scott "Rufio" Feather
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My company gives us 15.4" MacBook Pro's (running Windows, the reasons for which I won't explain). Mine just died. It's the second one in the past nine months.

I travel considerably, by plane. I have to carry with me equipment. It's a pain in the ass. I'd like to by a small, Windows laptop so I don't have an enormous, sure-to-die 15.4" MacBook Pro to carry around anymore.

Since it will be purchased with my money, I'd like to contain costs if possible. I won't use it for gaming, only for email, doing quotes, some surfing. It is nice having a hard drive, so something like a Chrome book isn't a good fit for me. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
I'd go with something in the Lenovo X-series. Similar in size/weight to a Macbook Air, but part of Lenovo's super durable business line. Lenovo sells refurbs on their website...that's probably the best way to go to contain costs.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/

That said, Macbook Pro's tend to be very durable. What sort of failures are you seeing? Sounds like you're rough on equipment. You should probably but a solid state drive at the top of your list of requirements. Does your company allow you to use personal machines for company email, files, etc? That's a pretty big security breach in more organizations.
 
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RacerDeac said:
That said, Macbook Pro's tend to be very durable.
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Yeah. You can argue price / value, but there aren't computers built better than MacBooks until you get to ruggedized computers.
 
There are mitigating circumstances. The laptops assigned to us are refurbished (really, just used). It's a long story, but we use them in a product we make. When said products are overhauled/upgraded/etc..., we get the laptops. Kind of sucks, actually, but it essentially means that we get older, used laptops to use for work.

Security isn't a big deal here so, yes, I'd be able to use a personal laptop without any problem.
 
If you are running Windows anyway, I don't see why you would want to go with a Mac. The Lenovo ThinkPads would seem like an obvious choice. As someone mentioned, the x-series are small and light. The X1 Carbon Touch is the best, but likely pricey. I use an X-220 which is a good choice - there is probably a newer version of it out now with a different number.
*disclaimer - I work for Lenovo.
 
scooter84 said:
If you are running Windows anyway, I don't see why you would want to go with a Mac. The Lenovo ThinkPads would seem like an obvious choice. As someone mentioned, the x-series are small and light. The X1 Carbon Touch is the best, but likely pricey. I use an X-220 which is a good choice - there is probably a newer version of it out now with a different number.
*disclaimer - I work for Lenovo.
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Company discount, please. Thanks.
 
scooter84 said:
If you are running Windows anyway, I don't see why you would want to go with a Mac. The Lenovo ThinkPads would seem like an obvious choice. As someone mentioned, the x-series are small and light. The X1 Carbon Touch is the best, but likely pricey. I use an X-220 which is a good choice - there is probably a newer version of it out now with a different number.
*disclaimer - I work for Lenovo.
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Can you tell us about the hidden communist back doors?

http://m.slashdot.org/story/189503
 
I wouldn't go near any laptop right now that doesn't have Intel's new Haswell chipset in it.
 
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