jimbopembo Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 A Primary School customer is asking for advise about buying some laptops. These are the requirements: portable, min. 13" screen No touch screen Long battery life - min 6 hours Running Windows 8.1 but they have a site license Definitely dual band wifi DVD not needed They will be shared between classes, and used for office / keyboard /project stuff They recognise that buying bargain basement isn't best value Any thoughts? 1
X-13 Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 We have a load of these. They're awesome. I believe they're dual/tri band, but I'll let @VeryPC confirm/deny. 1
StevieM Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Sounds like a @VeryPC PocketRocket would be the order of the day here. 13" full HD IPS screen, long battery life, no optical drive. Equip it with an SSD and you're flying! I've got mine connected to a 24" monitor when I'm in school, but I'm happy to work on it as is when I take it home. 1
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 A Primary School customer is asking for advise about buying some laptops. These are the requirements: portable, min. 13" screen No touch screen Long battery life - min 6 hours Running Windows 8.1 but they have a site license Definitely dual band wifi DVD not needed They will be shared between classes, and used for office / keyboard /project stuff They recognise that buying bargain basement isn't best value Any thoughts? Thanks for the shout out @X-13 and @StevieM! Yes @jimbopembo we'd be happy to configure you a laptop to order; With VeryPC you can select the Wi-Fi card required, a blanking plate for no optical, etc; however whilst I agree with Stevie that the PocketRocket would be superb because of its size, it is also an incredibly powerful laptop and perhaps a little too much for what you're after. What I'd recommend is a variation of X-13s laptops; the Quad Core Bay-trail M version of our Thinbook laptop - it's 15.6", yet really light at 2Kg and thin at 12mm, and most importantly battery life is up to 9.5 hours with no performance sacrifice either with the latest Intel platform. Costs are low enough to allow for plenty of RAM and a good sized SSD for increased speed and we can spec a dual band Wi-Fi card and no optical. Feel free to get in touch if this is of interest and I'll be happy to send you a proposal - my email is on my sig. All the best, Col
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