Laptop Recs?
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@Mokey I'm no IT expect, but I've bought 2x laptops in the past few years for me and the missus. Only thing I'd add to all the advice above, is that once you know what you want, its worth going direct to the manufacturer and seeing what deal you can get.
I researched my own purchase a fair bit (CNET, Laptop Mag etc) ended up wanting a Lenovo X1 Carbon. Found you could get them from Harvey Norman, JB HiFi etc, but if you got on the Lenovo live chat direct, they would basically build you a machine with the specs you want, at a way better price. You can cut the shit you don't want (sounds like screen size for you) and add what you do want (SSD, graphics card, extra RAM, sound etc, whatever floats your boat).
The guys online have some authority to discount, but mostly you just end up with exactly the machine you want without paying for the crap you don't.
Bought the wife something similar from Dell recently.
Happy shopping, new laptop day is always a fun day!
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I don't want to hijack @mokey 's thread either but answers that I get might be helpful to her also to copy from the old to new laptop.
My desktop died about a month ago and I had to do a clean install with new drive. I don't have any data loss or anything as my laptop and "the cloud" has it all, but I can't be bothered reinstalling anything and would rather just copy the laptop back onto the desktop.
Anyone got any recommendations on migration software to do it? I think windows 10 has it's own thing but I really just want to push a button and walk away while it happens. Both computers on same network, etc, but desktop has two SSD, laptop one SSD.
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@nzzp said in Laptop Recs?:
Consider a Lenovo thinkpad, the E490 looks a good deal
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Work just gave me a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Perhaps my old one was shit, but I really like it. Also everything works so far.
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@antipodean said in Laptop Recs?:
@nzzp said in Laptop Recs?:
Consider a Lenovo thinkpad, the E490 looks a good deal
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Work just gave me a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Perhaps my old one was shit, but I really like it. Also everything works so far.
Have been using a Lenovo Thinkpad for about 6 months now and really like it. I travel a fair bit with it and whilst itβs on the heavier side, itβs features and durability are great.
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@Paekakboyz said in Laptop Recs?:
@voodoo have you received the invoice yet? π
My fax machine is broken and it's the weekend, will get onto it tomorrow.
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@Paekakboyz agree, 512 isn't huge but as you say, external or cloud are options, particularly since it's going to be in a desk setup most of the time. There's enough budget left over on the ex-lease for options.
Turns out there's not much out there under $2000 with 16GB RAM and discrete graphics other than gaming or ex-lease laptops.
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@Bones said in Laptop Recs?:
@Paekakboyz said in Laptop Recs?:
@voodoo have you received the invoice yet? π
My fax machine is broken and it's the weekend, will get onto it tomorrow.
working with some grads a few years ago. Of the three of them, two had never sent or received a fax. One had sent one once when required by someone else. Time changes - they're talking about finally removing them from legal and pharmacies as the technology is just so outdated (but reliable)
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@nzzp said in Laptop Recs?:
@Bones said in Laptop Recs?:
@Paekakboyz said in Laptop Recs?:
@voodoo have you received the invoice yet? π
My fax machine is broken and it's the weekend, will get onto it tomorrow.
working with some grads a few years ago. Of the three of them, two had never sent or received a fax. One had sent one once when required by someone else. Time changes - they're talking about finally removing them from legal and pharmacies as the technology is just so outdated (but reliable)
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I have one client that still sends all his declarations by Fax, I have tried to point out the PDF forms he is filling are able to be completed online too....