I need a work laptop (new). Help me out

[JohnnyEgo]

I'm currently running XM 28, but thinking of switching to XM One or whatever their newest version is. Allows both on and offline work, which I couldn't do with XM 27 when I was corporate.

I don't need something as rugged as Ray would, I'm really just moving from house to vehicle to house to bathroom. I like the idea of SSD hard drive for sure. I'll look at those Dells tonight. I really appreciate the input so far. As far as budget, I don't want to say that I don't have one, but I was anticipating having to spend well over $500. If I don't have to, that's okay to.

The good news is that if you decide to go CAT, all the majors will just give you the laptop they want you to work off of. If you are seriously considering XM One, may want to look at a laptop with a touch screen, or preferably a digitizer, so you can make use of the simplified touch mode. I hear good things. Should be accomplishable on a $500-700 budget. You still probably want 8 Gig of RAM at a minimum if you are going to use the offline side of the app more. Or perhaps go to a more tablet-based system with integrated 4GLTE and work thin-client all the time. Would take a load off the processor, at the expense of competing for bandwidth on the local cell tower. I don't like that, because we are always competing for bandwidth from that one remaining cell tower with the locals and all the other first responders. But if you aren't working CAT, it's probably a viable option.

[Irving]

I'm probably going to go the workstation route.

My current laptop works great, just not while I'm running Xact. I didn't know this laptop was as old as it is, and am pretty impressed that it runs as well as it does. For something that lasts that long, I'll be glad to pony up the scratch.

[davsel]

I know what the OP said.

you can run bootcamp and do a dual os setup and run windows and mac os x or you can get VMWare Fusion and run Windows from a virtual environment and run Xactimate either way.


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You have obviously never attempted this with any CPU or graphics intensive software. Cute theory though.
Keep trying, you'll get there.

[CS1983]

I know what the OP said.

you can run bootcamp and do a dual os setup and run windows and mac os x or you can get VMWare Fusion and run Windows from a virtual environment and run Xactimate either way.


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Running OS > running program to run another OS to run another program (which is resource intensive) > running another OS > running program = an insane amount of tolerance stacking and resource usage.

While fun in a lab environment, not the most practical thing for what Irving needs.

[davsel]

Running OS > running program to run another OS to run another program (which is resource intensive) > running another OS > running program = an insane amount of tolerance stacking and resource usage.

While fun in a lab environment, not the most practical thing for what Irving needs.

Eyes on your own papers!
EVERYONE MUST DO THERE OWN WORK!!

[Wulf202]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764HW117...v_ov_lig_dp_it

here's what I'm looking into for the same requirements.

[BushMasterBoy]

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[Irving]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764HW117...v_ov_lig_dp_it

here's what I'm looking into for the same requirements.

Let me know before you buy that.

[thedave1164]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764HW117...v_ov_lig_dp_it

here's what I'm looking into for the same requirements.

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineS...ENKsh7j7R1bBA5

that is what I would recommend instead and it has a 3 year warranty.

Inspirion's are fine for home use, but they are not built for commercial/business use.

[iego]

I'm probably going to go the workstation route.

My current laptop works great, just not while I'm running Xact. I didn't know this laptop was as old as it is, and am pretty impressed that it runs as well as it does. For something that lasts that long, I'll be glad to pony up the scratch.

Your W520 probably has the Optimus feature of selectable graphics cards. You can use the motherboards Intel graphics when you want to conserve battery, and then switch to the discrete NVidia Quadro card when you want performance. Are you aware of that feature and if so are you confident that xactimate is working with the NVidia Quadro Discrete Graphics when it is running? It's possible that the drivers for the quadro aren't loaded properly, etc. Do you have a NVidia Control Panel in your task bar?

Lenovo's latest Mobile Workstation offerings include the P52s which might be a consideration for a new machine.

https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptop.../p/22TP2WPP52S

They make both touch and non-touch versions of this device and generally you would want to pick one of their "topseller" configurations for best price/performance offerings...



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would all probably rock and roll.

-John