Laptops - suggestions for business use

You can get like-new used x1 carbons for stupid cheap. I got mine off of ebay for $190

4th gen i7
8gb ram
Swapped the 240gb ssd for a 1tb
1440p display
swappen in a better battery

Amazing machine for the ~$300 after the upgrades

Edit: I went from a SP4 to this

The first question: what type of work are you doing on it? If you're just doing Word docs, email, browsing, streaming, etc then pretty much anything you buy new will work.

The next question: what's your price range?

What you listed as overkill is on the higher end of standard. You can get a Dell Inspiron with the criteria you listed for just under $1k (assuming you aren't wanting anything smaller than 15").

I haven't worked on HP's in a long time, we're a Dell shop. I can tell you from over a decade of personal experience though that if your office has a Dell certified tech (which is easy to achieve) and there is a hardware issue you can usually have a replacement part the next day (they can order it through the tech portal).

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Dell Latitude 7000 Series

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Will second this. Have a 7390 and and very happy with it. If you want to save a few bucks the Dell outlet always has these and the 14 inch 7490 in stock. They have a 3 year warranty period.

Just bought an XPS for ~$700. Great laptop

Ram is soldered, but if you're worried about it getting 16gb isn't that expensive of an upgrade

Most laptops will work great for work purposes no a days, unless you have lots of heavy editing to do for uncompressed videos, pictures or music files.

Just about any 500.00 laptop should suffice.

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Depending on the format and size of clips you are editing and the software you're using, you're better off going with a desktop if you are wanting to stay below $2k.

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I'm thinking that. My grand design was when I was really working a lot at home but I've been in my office for a year now and am about to sign another year-long lease so I'm investing in the office and I think a destktop is the all-around best option.

So I don't have to have the super top of the line laptop but I'm intrigued at the small form factors of the ultrabooks.

My current work laptop is a beast (Lenovo ideapad700 that's a few years old. I7, 16GB RAM, 256SSD, 1 TD HD, 4 GB graphics card, etc. that I got for $800 in Dec 16).

It's just heavy (5+ lbs) and the keyboard/trackpad are terrible (which doesn't affect me usually in work set up b/c I'm always using my USB mouse and keyboard but if I'm in, say court or a meeting outside of my office, It's not very usable). I'm looking at something more lightweight for moving around and keeping that big boy more in my office.

That's why I said in OP I'm starting to research. I'm trying to think of different options and how they'd work. I'm warming up to the major desktop and lesser, lighter laptop though.

I may look into an older model, like a 4 or 5 series. Do those have the same keyboard/pad quality?

I have 2 year old Carbon X1 as may regular laptop/machine is its perfect.

I7, 16gb, 1tb, 1920p

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just got the 2017 X1 Carbon, so it is the 5th generation. The trackpad is great and the keyboard is even better.

Got it off of Lenovo's website with pretty good discounts. Computer with Microsoft Office Business shipped to the house for $1300.

I was scared by the thinness and light weight at first because it's smaller than anything I've had before. But it is solid. Seems like it will be a great machine for work use.