/bcl/ - business class laptops

Latitude spreadsheet class, precision for actual work

2013 15" macbook pro.
They go for under $1,000 and their support is still good.

For everything under $900 >>>Dell Inspiron or older macbook pro

>Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).

Really makes you think...

>>58409435

Elitebooks displays are fucking shit and 9/10 chargers develop coil whine.

They cant beat thinkpads, thats why they're cheaper.

Also older dells are hot as fuck.

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2560p owner here.
Replaced my C2D Macbook Pro with it a couple of years ago.
No regrets. Still running great!

>>58411290
>Elitebooks displays are fucking shit
lmao coming from a fucking chinkpad user

I have that Dell
It is absolutely fucking garbage

>>58411615
You upgraded to a quad core +SSD yet?

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>>58412690
>quad core
This kills the battery.
The 2C/4T i5 is more than sufficient for my needs.
I even did some light 2D graphics/1080p video editing without any issues at all.
Just proves how good Sandy Bridge was.
It came with a docking station so it helped me a lot when I decided to switch my desktop from a mac to pc.
I had an SSD at some point but I moved it to my desktop. I mostly browse the internet on my laptop nowadays.

>>58413328
>Tower Mac Pro
Good
>wallpaper
Good
>that one gen of thicc Apple keyboards
Bad, those things are terrible. Used one myself for years. Get yourself a proper keyboard.

>>58412355
This. Don't waste your time.

>>58413473
what do you mean? The crumb eater is the best Apple keyboard. Clicky, not too loud and looks great.
Anyway, I sold the Mac Pro recently.
I'm gradually purging Apple products from my environment, the only one left is the iPhone.
And as much as I want to replace it with an Android device, approx. 70% of my contacts use iMessage.
I was one of the biggest macfags back in the day but since the 2013 trash can pro I have completely lost faith in Apple.
Not to mention the non-upgradable, underpowered mac mini from 2014, single port abomination of a macbook from 2015, "courageous" iPhone 7 and now the donglebook "pro".
It's only getting downhill, it's both sad and amusing to watch. I've been using Apple computers since the PowerPC era...

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>>58413328
You could always improve battery life with throttlestop though?

I'm considering grabbing a 2560p or 2570p and slapping a quad core in there. It'll be nice to have a decent performer on the go and I won't be using it on the battery much.

It's nice to see such small laptops still being socketed. Unlike the thinkpads.

>>58410722
This

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>>58410722
>name is thinkpad general
>non thinkpad posts usually just get ignored or told to buy a thinkpad
>any laptop recommendation thread is flooded with thinkpad recommendations

My work use top end inspirons as opposed to latitudes or precisions, is there any downside to this?

>>58409435
Posting in the most ebin bread that's been on /g/ in a long time

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>>58412690
Will this work?

>>58417689
I thought the 2720qm was faster than that.

>>58417689
yeah, should work

>>58417729
It turbos faster than that. 3.something GHz iirc

>>58417744
Sweet.
That's 350 aud for a quad core mobile workstation. Wow.

Will the quad core throttle under load? It's 10w more than the dual cores even though the laptop seems to have pretty good cooling.

>>58417887
Should be fine. I've never had a HP laptop overheat and the elitebooks have some of the best cooling among HP laptops. It should handle an extra 10w like a champ.

>>58409435
I got a couple of 2540p's for 89 dollars each.

They're great. W10 has two problems with them that pop up though, but only once: First the thing will stop charging so you have to do a battery reset and the problem never returns again and then the second issue is W10 will fail to install properly but will be installed after a restart.

Amazing value for money though.

>>58409435
I have a similar Latitude as the one in OP's pic, e6320.

Its alright. The problems I have with it. The screen is trash and the viewing angle is shit. I have to bend the screen back to be able to see it normally. And it has only one (wtf dell) USB port.

What I like about it is the mini-HDMI output that can output 1080p to a TV. It has great out of the box Linux support, and the other day I dropped it from 0.5m height while it was open and nothing happened to it. The keyboard is nice for typing too.

I paid $30 for mine, used, so I can't really complain.

I also have an HP EliteBook 2730p I bought new in 2009. That thing is great. It can take a beating (and it has). Except a few minor cosmetic chips it worked brilliantly up until a month ago when the HDD failed, I'm surprised it lasted this long. Now I use it as a Tails system because everything else works. I really don't want to invest $100 in an SSD because that's how much the whole computer goes on eBay. It's easy to service and you can replace/upgrade the RAM, battery, SSD/HDD etc. Don't feel like throwing it away because I've had it for so long.

>>58419789
How's Linux compatibility?

>>58419995
>6320 has only one usb
Same as my t100ta. Inconvenient sometimes but usually fine.

Also fyi, your esata port is also usb. It's a hybrid.

Is the t420 really that bad for our time?
I consider buying one, but the lack of power really bothers me