12 Years ago I had a Sony Vaio. I quite liked it. Then in my next job, 2017 or so, I went for a Toshiba Portege, and absolutely loved it.

Guess what the above two have in common? Yup, they stopped making laptops for the professional market. So now I’m a bit at a loss. Any recommendations?

Requirements:

  • Lightweight and easy to carry around.
  • 13-15" display, preferably
  • Decent battery life
  • It absolutely must have an RJ45
  • Works well with linux
  • Good keyboard quality
  • ISO keyboard availability
  • Touchpad. Bonus points if it has the touchpad buttons ABOVE the pad itself.
  • Joker
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    8 months ago

    Then what’s it for? Looking pretty?

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      8 months ago

      Business laptops (at least at the enterprise end - SMB is a crapshoot) are typically backed by better warranties, guaranteed parts availability for a period, trade a more robust build for worse looks, have management features like PXE boot, and (historically) ports for docks. They’re also more likely to have compliance-driven features like fingerprint scanners, and are frequently more repairable.

      Source: In a past life, I managed the entire end-user compute portfolio of a major OEM.

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        8 months ago

        I am aware. I just assumed that since there’s not an IT department offering/mandating any particular option then it’s more of a prosumer type of situation. Both of my recommendations are a good fit. They both have good parts availability, an array of ports for peripherals, and Lenovo will provide next day service at your home or office with their premium support plans.

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      8 months ago

      Hobbists and home devs I think.

      Edit if anyone can link an example of a real sized business going with framework I’ll eat a delicious lunch very quickly so I become slightly uncomfortable

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        8 months ago

        Why would a business not like a laptop that they don’t have to replace?

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          8 months ago

          Because most businesses don’t think like that at all. They don’t want employees taking things apart either.

          ThinkPads and similar are far more popular because they can be bought in large contracts