Tough decision, but luckily I think the playing field has evened somewhat in the past several years. It is kind of hard to go wrong if you carefully look at the specs, pull up some independent reviews, etc. This applies to the major brands like Dell, Acer, Asus, HP, Apple (you only have one vendor in that case of course), Toshiba (but I would not buy them on principle - decades ago they violated "export" regulations relating to military tech).
The only "unusual" thing I would say is, if at all possible, physically touch/test the keyboard of any laptop you are considering. That might be hard to do in the online ordering nowadays, but at least try to find reviews that specifically include keyboard evaluations. Keyboards that have keys popping off are a huge frustration to me. Plus if there is too much of a mushy feel, or odd feel, it affects my typing speed, etc.
I have a Dell Alien - good performance, but noise that can't be controlled (I think they may have addressed this issue in later Alien models), but also heavy.
My daughter got a Predator (Asus I think) - she is pursuing a degree in graphic animation, etc and it performs great, not a lot of noise, and quite light in my opinion.
I'm thinking about an Origin laptop for my next one (but still a ways off to buy) - impressive specs, generally good reviews, lots of customizing available. But expensive and not sure the brand is tried and true as the big names.
-Charlie
On 3/24/2019 8:01 AM, Koen Piller wrote:
Dell , why do you change a winning team? Koen
Op zo 24 mrt. 2019 om 07:57 schreef MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com>
Been 6 years on my Dell Latitude 5530. Time to get a new one. What are all you cool kids using nowadays? Do you recommend it?
tia, --Mike
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