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I'm looking for some guidance on a laptop for work.
I work in Networking but none of us are really that familiar with laptops/tablets (my colleague has a 17" laptop that lives permanently on his desk!).
I need something I can cart around between sites, perch onto of ladders filing cabinets while hooked into switches, and shove in my backpack. Ideally it will have a decent battery life and be reliable.
We have actually been given some cash to spend this year so I think I can go up to £800 (more would be taking the mick but I might be able to push it, because our excutives go through laptops, Surfaces and various Apple products like they are going out of fashion)
I don't mind swapping out the HDD for an SSD (Samsung SSD's have a lower power consumption from what I've read.)
Would a tablet with a snap-on keyboard be practical or is a 'traditional' laptop a better idea? I ask because at the moment I am using a rather wafty netbook that is fiddly to use because of it's size and has an awful battery life.
Really sorry to ask so many questions and very grateful for any assitance.
I work in Networking but none of us are really that familiar with laptops/tablets (my colleague has a 17" laptop that lives permanently on his desk!).
I need something I can cart around between sites, perch onto of ladders filing cabinets while hooked into switches, and shove in my backpack. Ideally it will have a decent battery life and be reliable.
We have actually been given some cash to spend this year so I think I can go up to £800 (more would be taking the mick but I might be able to push it, because our excutives go through laptops, Surfaces and various Apple products like they are going out of fashion)
I don't mind swapping out the HDD for an SSD (Samsung SSD's have a lower power consumption from what I've read.)
Would a tablet with a snap-on keyboard be practical or is a 'traditional' laptop a better idea? I ask because at the moment I am using a rather wafty netbook that is fiddly to use because of it's size and has an awful battery life.
Really sorry to ask so many questions and very grateful for any assitance.
You can find both refurnished Fujitsu LIFEBOOK E544 for £543 and Fujitsu LIFEBOOK E734 for £529, you can add SSD to it that could have 15 hours on single battery, found Fujitsu second battery cost £140.