What is an outstanding laptop for track data analysis?
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I've used several Dells, but the newest one has terrible battery life and you can hardly see it in anything brighter than a tunnel. I'm willing to spend a bit, but I am trying to stay away from Macbook for the slipperiness of them and the fact that you have to run Bootcamp to run Motec and AIM data. I looked at the Panasonic Tough Books but they are small and it's hard to see a busy data screen on them.
I'd also like one with a SSD drive for boot.
Thanks, Chris
I'd also like one with a SSD drive for boot.
Thanks, Chris
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I’ve had an eighth gen Core i7 XPS 13 for awhile. It’s great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
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I’ve had an eighth gen Core i7 XPS 13 for awhile. It’s great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
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Dell makes a semi-rugged laptop. It's what I use at work for vehicle testing and calibration. Model is Latitude E5414. Mine is spec'd with the higher capacity battery, i5 processor, 250GB SSD, and 32GB RAM. With the i5 processor it's pretty light on battery consumption. Sitting idle all day just browsing email with Outlook I get 8-10 hours of battery life. When in-vehicle and testing/logging/calibrating I get 3-4 hours of battery life. Because it's a semi-rugged and intended for outdoor activity the screen gets nuclear bright. I usually run it at half brightness when I'm in the office and don't need to go full bright when in-vehicle. We opted for the Dell over Toughbooks and the like because Dell offers a full 1920x1080 HD resolution screen instead of being limited to 1366x768 like most others.
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I really like my Surface Book 2 (8th gen core i7, 16GB, 1T SSD, 13.5" screen). Light weight, touch screen, long battery life, and can be used as a tablet.
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i use an older toughbook bought 2nd hand for 400 bucks, plopped a 850evo 500gb in there for another 200.
8 gigs of ram, core i5.
more than enough to do most trackside stuff thus far, including chassissim
8 gigs of ram, core i5.
more than enough to do most trackside stuff thus far, including chassissim
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Two items missing on my Lenovo that I wish it had in hindsight: mirco SD or SD card slot for downloading video/data and HDMI for connecting and viewing video/data on large monitor.
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The full size SD card slot and HDMI port on the Retina MBP has been a life saver and really, really nice. The XPS 13 does have a good full size SD card slot.
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Yep, this is what killed me on the Surface Pro (no full size SD card slot, dongle for the HDMI, but the latter is true for most laptops).
The full size SD card slot and HDMI port on the Retina MBP has been a life saver and really, really nice. The XPS 13 does have a good full size SD card slot.
The full size SD card slot and HDMI port on the Retina MBP has been a life saver and really, really nice. The XPS 13 does have a good full size SD card slot.
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I’ve had an eighth gen Core i7 XPS 13 for awhile. It’s great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
The TFT screen is not quite as bright as I’d like, I think I’d do the touchscreen hi-rez if I had to do it over, but battery life is superb and using an external monitor in the trailer is fine. Highly recommended.
I think Roger Caddell just got one, too.
Still carry an MBP Retina or the latest MBA as backup, but the Dell has been great.
So I assume that you got the FHD (1920 x 1080) Infinity Edge Anti-Glare Non-Touch IPS 100% sRGB 400-Nits display or is the one you are referring to (TFT) different? I am trying to understand the difference in outdoor viewing of the
- 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) InfinityEdge Anti-Glare Non-touch IPS 100% sRGB 400-Nits display
versus - 15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective Touch IPS100% AdobeRGB 400-Nits display
+ $400.00
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Peter:
So I assume that you got the FHD (1920 x 1080) Infinity Edge Anti-Glare Non-Touch IPS 100% sRGB 400-Nits display.
I had a touch screen Dell (cheap one) and the touch screen stop working (fine with me) but the screen has a lot of glare and you can't see it outside. I am turning it into a Frisbee.
So I assume that you got the FHD (1920 x 1080) Infinity Edge Anti-Glare Non-Touch IPS 100% sRGB 400-Nits display.
I had a touch screen Dell (cheap one) and the touch screen stop working (fine with me) but the screen has a lot of glare and you can't see it outside. I am turning it into a Frisbee.
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Agree, biggest issue with the surface pro is lack of SD card slot, but a dongle can be used. The surface book 2 does have the full size SD slot, but needs the HDMI dongle. PixelSense display is awesome (3000x2000 for the 13.5' screen and 3240x2160 for the 15").
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I had a Surface Book 1 and enjoyed it. Didn’t use the tablet feature much but well made and excellent screen. Hinge was a little bulky.
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