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We have a three year laptop cycle, so whichever laptop I select, I will be stuck with it for three years. Keeping that in mind, I am replacing a Lenovo W530, which has been a decent laptop, but the 170w power brick has not exactly been a joy to travel with constantly. The W530 is running a i7-3740QM CPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB Samsung SSD. I have been using Hyper-V to run a full lab these past few years.
All of these replacement offerings appear to fall into the "Ultrabook" category, so I may have to learn to leave the lab at home and remote into it going forward.
I do not have the exact specifications, just what was sent in the company email to me. So, without further ado, here are the contenders:
Is there a standout winner here? Which one do you think I should pick? Including the 'why' part would be most helpful to me.
Considering I will be using this for at least the next three years, I am trying to figure out which one gives me the best future proof opportunity. Are the CPUs, RAM, and HDDs upgradeable (besides the Surface Pro 4)? I know the Dell has a M.2 slot, but not sure on the others, or if that even matters for a laptop. I appreciate all the input.
All of these replacement offerings appear to fall into the "Ultrabook" category, so I may have to learn to leave the lab at home and remote into it going forward.
I do not have the exact specifications, just what was sent in the company email to me. So, without further ado, here are the contenders:
- Dell E7470 (i7-6600U, 16GB, 256GB, 3.32lbs)
- Lenovo T460s (i7-6600U, 16GB, 256GB, 3.09lbs)
- HP 1040 G3 (i7-6600U, 16GB, 256GB, 3.15lbs)
- HP ZBook Studio (i7-6820HQ, 32GB, 512GB, 4.4lbs)
- Toshiba Tecra Z40t-C (i7-6600U, 16GB, 256GB, 3.24lbs)
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (i7-6650U, 16GB, 256GB, 1.73lbs)
Is there a standout winner here? Which one do you think I should pick? Including the 'why' part would be most helpful to me.
Considering I will be using this for at least the next three years, I am trying to figure out which one gives me the best future proof opportunity. Are the CPUs, RAM, and HDDs upgradeable (besides the Surface Pro 4)? I know the Dell has a M.2 slot, but not sure on the others, or if that even matters for a laptop. I appreciate all the input.
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