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I talk to a lot of small business people and a question I usually ask when they bring up the subject of new laptops and such is "how long can you be without you

I talk to a lot of small business people and a question I usually ask when they bring up the subject of new laptops and such is "how long can you be without your laptop if if breaks?" Usually the answer is that they can't be without it at all. So I never recommend Apple laptops for business owners unless they have a spare... a spare "anything" will possibly suffice especially if everything they do is online. I only tend to buy Dell business laptops: great build quality and a 3-year next business day onsite warranty are worth every penny imo: Not as flashy and fancy as the XPS stuff but they have/had quality issues (as the commenter below mentioned).

conwaytwitty 7y ago
I have a two year old Precision 5520, which is basically a xps15 but with on site service. Not sure if there's a precision model for the xps13.
avgDev 7y ago
I have a old dell vostro from their business line, it is now maybe 6-7 years old. I dropped it many times, use it in a garage and don't care about it. It still works well. Therefore, I agree that the dell business line is really great. Also, I could not imagine our business having spare computers.We have 600 employees maybe now, and we need more and more computers as more users need to perform work on a computer these days.
- HelloNurse 7y ago
  You only need a fractional reserve of spare computers, not one for each computer in use; it's as if you had a few more employees who don't actually use their computers How many of your about 600 PCs die every year? The spares you need are much less than that number, as you can buy (or recover from repair hell) new computers over the course of a few days to recover your reserves.
Xixi 7y ago
If you buy a new laptop every 2 to 3 years for work, you can simply switch back to the previous one if needed. Assuming you are not reselling it. I tend to upgrade every five years: my current laptop (MacBook Pro) is from 2016 and I see no reason to upgrade anytime soon. My 2011 laptop (MacBook Air) is still running fine. I could even work on it still, but it would not be a pleasant experience.

conwaytwitty 7y ago

I have a two year old Precision 5520, which is basically a xps15 but with on site service. Not sure if there's a precision model for the xps13.

avgDev 7y ago

I have a old dell vostro from their business line, it is now maybe 6-7 years old. I dropped it many times, use it in a garage and don't care about it. It still works well. Therefore, I agree that the dell business line is really great. Also, I could not imagine our business having spare computers.We have 600 employees maybe now, and we need more and more computers as more users need to perform work on a computer these days.

HelloNurse 7y ago
You only need a fractional reserve of spare computers, not one for each computer in use; it's as if you had a few more employees who don't actually use their computers How many of your about 600 PCs die every year? The spares you need are much less than that number, as you can buy (or recover from repair hell) new computers over the course of a few days to recover your reserves.

Xixi 7y ago

If you buy a new laptop every 2 to 3 years for work, you can simply switch back to the previous one if needed. Assuming you are not reselling it. I tend to upgrade every five years: my current laptop (MacBook Pro) is from 2016 and I see no reason to upgrade anytime soon. My 2011 laptop (MacBook Air) is still running fine. I could even work on it still, but it would not be a pleasant experience.