Best laptop

[Macsky]

I’m looking for a laptop exclusively for the use of farm management software, really only want to do that with it and perhaps word processing, so needs would be:
Quick
Secure
Plenty capacity
Rugged enough to be taken out and about
WiFi, possibly cellular

Any obvious winners?
Thanks

 

[flockeye]

Panasonic toughbook.

 

[Iogijones]

Lenovo v130 is pretty good

 

[Chris F]

Carbon core thinkpad. Assuming you aren’t price sensitive.

 

[Macsky]

How much hard drive and ram are considered essential these days? Long time since I looked at a pc

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

How much hard drive and ram are considered essential these days? Long time since I looked at a pc

The more the better on both fronts, as much as your budget can stand.

SSD drive for sure on the laptop, though that should be pretty standard these days. I’ve been spec’ing them in my machines since 2010. Now a mature technology. The only place I use spinning drives is the NAS.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I don't think the hard drive capacity is an issue these days, you can guy external drives for next to nothing and anything valuable should be in the cloud now in all honesty.

8GB of RAM is essential with modern versions of windows, browsers and the like.

A hard drive of 256GB should be ample for anyone provided they don't want to begin storing a lot of music or videos or games on them.

Lenovo make some good stuff.

I wonder if ChrisF or similar know the best value 2 in 1 laptop/tablet?

 

[Chris F]

I don't think the hard drive capacity is an issue these days, you can guy external drives for next to nothing and anything valuable should be in the cloud now in all honesty.

8GB of RAM is essential with modern versions of windows, browsers and the like.

A hard drive of 256GB should be ample for anyone provided they don't want to begin storing a lot of music or videos or games on them.

Lenovo make some good stuff.

I wonder if ChrisF or similar know the best value 2 in 1 laptop/tablet?

As above the carbon core thinkpad is a great machine is you want a laptop. I’ve had a 2 in 1 yoga for the past 6 years and although it’s still going, it’s very beat up. It you want a tablet, I’d just buy a tablet.

 

[Timbo]

How much hard drive and ram are considered essential these days? Long time since I looked at a pc

Min of 8gb ram
Ssd hard disk, 256gb be enough for a lappy

 

[deleted user 837354]

As above the carbon core thinkpad is a great machine is you want a laptop. I’ve had a 2 in 1 yoga for the past 6 years and although it’s still going, it’s very beat up. It you want a tablet, I’d just buy a tablet.

I'm still in two minds about having a machine at all. I generally don't like laptops as I find them ungainly and a pain to use without a decent keyboard and mouse, but I am beginning to think a a tablet with a keyboard and the ability to plug in a mouse as well as write on the thing might be a good idea.

How much is a yoga and can it run MS office. one note and a browser and say a music client?

 

[Chris F]

Yoga is a laptop that folds over and can be used as a tablet:

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/yoga/700-series/c/yoga-700

It’s very much a laptop feel.

Whereas the Microsoft surface is very much a tablet that works as a pc. Sounds like you want to later.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-...ocphy=9045491&hvtargid=pla-587169119459&psc=1

 

[deleted user 837354]

I think the Surface will be the machine to buy, I don't know if detaching the keyboard will be a requirement or not in all honesty.