Im looking for a new laptop to replace my aging desktops in my home office. My old laptop which killed over about a year ago was a Dell D620 and I loved it. I really dont trust any of the consumer laptops as they just seem like junk and working with support on them is like pulling teeth. I prefer business grade systems like the Dell Precision and am also looking at the Lenovo ThinkPad.

Id rather buy something used to save the money as I really dont need the newest, latest and greatest.

What is everyone's opinion and what do you use at work?

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I would get a Lenovo or a Mac.

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I'm a fan of the Dell Latitude series. I got a barely used E6410 on craigslist for $400. It works great. Love the docking station for my home office. Trying to get work to get me one of the new E6400's but they're being stingy.

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I like my lenovos. I got one at home and for work

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Lenovo Thinkpad i5 running Windows 7 for work and a Sony Vaio i5 (one of the newer white ones) running Linux Mint for home. The Lenovo is great and has survived a few drops onto various data center floors. The Sony is nicer to use and looks better but shows every bit of muck and seems a lot more fragile

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I bought my wife a Sony Vaio i5 a couple years back and she loves it. But on the other hand all she doe is Facebook and play Farmville

Im eyeing the Dell Latitude E5520 or the Lenovo ThinkPad T or X series. Does anyone out there use HP? I dont hear much about them.

I love the look and feel of MacBook Pros but I just dont like the OS.

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really got to watch those built in finger touch mouse pads
most of them suck. last of control i've found is the biggest issue.

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So i ended up getting a ThinkPad T510 off ebay. i7, 8GB ram, 80G SSD and FHD display. Paid a little over $600. Cant wait to get this in my hands!!

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If I could find something with linux I'd be set. That said I haven't looked.

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Glancing through the specs lenovo is pretty Linux friendly. Looks like all hardware in the one I purchased is either supported natively or has support. I guess we will see when I get it.

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I've run centos on a number of Lenovo's without any problems, love 'em.

I'm also a huge fan of panasonic toughbooks, they run linux and windows very well and have serial ports. I have a cf-53.

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Lenovo's are great machines. Had one before. Just hard to justify the money for me. As of late I purchased an HP DV6z. Other than I want to (don't really need to) replace the 5400 RPM sata drive with an SSD it's been solid for me.

For personal use Im a cheep-ass and will never buy new. My lab ESX server is the only exception. I was able to get this Lenovo loaded up for almost half price on ebay. Cant really beat that.

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My choice is HP Pavillion DV6. Cheap but excellent !!!

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Check out the lenovo outlet, if you're patient you can get some good deals and will often come with a 30 day warranty. I got netbook that runs ubuntu like a champ there and some other laptops for family members.

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"Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working. While the other guy’s eatin’? I’m working. While the other guy’s making love, I mean, I’m making love, too. But I’m working really hard at it."

Nope can't beat that.