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.