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Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by alex_hitchins » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 1:22 PM UTC

Dell XPS 15. Now 2 generations old but it's still faster than me. Be nice to have more than 16gb RAM but hey-ho.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by slipwalker » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 1:28 PM UTC

  dell latitude
  i5 7th gen 2.5Ghz, 8Gb RAM, HDD 500Gb, 1366x768 HD display
  second monitor Dell 1280x1024
  Windows 10 enterprise 64bits

only because my employer forces me... they have some bulk deal with dell.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by llampx » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 2:04 PM UTC

I use a ThinkPad T470s for my work, with Windows 10 Pro. Used to have a MacBook Pro 2015 but didn't like the design of the 2016+ models. I wouldn't turn back.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by tinktank » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

svennek wrote: post #6

svennek wrote: post #5

Lenovo X1, because it's tiny, dependable, powerful enough and not a mac. Mine runs ArchLinux.

By dependable I mean really well built, serviceable and with on-site warranty, that is great..

Do you have any opinions on an X280 vs an X1?

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by purrpit » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

Xiaomi Mi Laptop

I switched from Macbook Pro 2013 to ~$1,000 Xiaomi Mi notebook pro (i7, 16GB, Dedicated GX card, better battery, HDMI port, 15inch, Mac like keyboard and touchpad, fingerprint reader). I run a right-swipe virtual machine and run chrome all day without issues. It's a good for 3 years machine. Screen is fullhd though.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by saluki » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 2:55 PM UTC

macbook air 13" it's all the power I need for web development (Rails/Laravel) and I can buy two for the price of a pro. Once the keyboard issue is resolved and the esc key is back I might go for a pro next time.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by kwhitefoot » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC

HP Omen 17" i7 8th generation Windows 10 Home because it was the most power for the least money and has a reasonable screen size. Windows because I need to able to run Visual Studio and MS Office

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by lewisflude » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

2017 MacBook Pro, TouchBar

I like it! It does the job. I don't mind the keyboard either, but day-to-day I either use a Filco Majestouch 2 keyboard or an Apple Wireless keyboard.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by cweagans » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 3:53 PM UTC

I mostly work on a desktop, but when I travel, I love my T480. It's user upgradable so it'll last a while for me, and it has removable/replaceable batteries. On a full charge, it lasts like 30 hours when writing, programming, etc. Hardware support in Linux is great (with the exception of the fingerprint reader, which is in progress), and there's even an option for a pretty nice screen.

Re: What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by thedaemon » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 4:12 PM UTC

For the 3D content creation and animation that I do, I cannot afford a laptop that can handle such work. So I use a desktop only.