My boss lets me choose my own device to work with. Given a budget, some basic rules, two default configurations and this employee is happy. But now the hard part: what do I choose?
Visual Studio and Office are where I spend most of my time. Sometimes I have multiple hyper-v machines running for demos. My current laptop (HP Probook 6570b) manages this barely and overheats / crashes. The 120 Gb space is getting a big hurdle. Battery is not a big thing but could be better too.
Options
Here is a table with the most interesting specs compared
| HP Folio 1020 | HP Probook 850 | Surface 3 Pro | |
| Processor | Core M-5Y51 | Core i5-5200U | Core i5-4300U |
| Clock | 1.1-GHz | 2.2-Ghz | 1.9-GHz |
| Memory | 8 Gb | 8 Gb | 8 Gb |
| Disk | 256 Gb SSD | 256 Gb SSD | 256 Gb SSD |
| Screen | 13.3 inch | 15.6 inch | 12 inch |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 | 2160 x 1440 |
| Video | Intel 5300 | Intel 5500 | Intel 5000 |
| GeekBench | 3814 | 5901 | 5665 |
Looks like the Probook 850 is the best option for me.
What’s missing?
I expect the best and I give the best. Here’s the beer. Here’s the entertainment. Now have fun. That’s an order!
Rasczak
- Quad-core option,
- 16Gb memory option and
- MacBook Pro.
To be continued …
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