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1144174 2010-10-12 23:49:00 Quick question. I am looking to purchase a couple of laptops for business use and have been quoted priving on some Lenovo T410s. I have never used a Lenovo laptop before (always used HP business laptops at previous job) so was wondering how they stack up in comparison? I can get a very similar looking spec HP 6450b for around $500 - $1000 less.

For those who have purchased these for business in the past would you prefer Lenovo or HP?
southern_jas (4017)
1144175 2010-10-13 00:02:00 We have both types here and but only the one lenovo (T61), several HP 8530p
I would rate both about the same but the Lenovo keyboards are nicer to use

For that kind of savings if the specs are similar i would be going for the HP
Gobe1 (6290)
1144176 2010-10-13 00:25:00 Personally, whatever the use - I'd stick with the reliable ASUS or Toshibas. pctek (84)
1144177 2010-10-13 00:26:00 Well if you're talking about high end business notebooks, I quite like HP, and the amount of bloat the lenovo manages to cram onto their notebooks is nothing short of obscene. Either should do the job well though. I agree with Globe's comment that the Lenovo keyboards are nicer...

have you looked at Asus or Toshiba at all?
wratterus (105)
1144178 2010-10-13 00:34:00 Bloat!! true Wratt, Give it a clean OS as soon as it turns up, start fresh. Gobe1 (6290)
1144179 2010-10-13 00:40:00 HP's seem to be everywhere in retail stores, some with discounts, as I noticed yesterday in large retail chains. HP have a great online resource learning centre (http://h30187.www3.hp.com/), which include dozens of tutorials (and include pdf's), including business, IT, and much more. Many NZ businesses I think grew up with HP products... kahawai chaser (3545)
1144180 2010-10-13 01:20:00 The Large retail chains tend to sell the 'home user' type of PC/laptop.

The Tosh Tecra's are also excellent, but again full of bloatware.
I actually though HP's had too much bloatware, so Id hate to see how much is in the Lenovo's :rolleyes:
Bloatware is at the stage the OEM install has the default Win Games disabled, trying to force the user into using the bundled WildTangent games. Shame on you.
1101 (13337)
1144181 2010-10-13 01:34:00 Personally, whatever the use - I'd stick with the reliable ASUS or Toshibas.

ASUS only produce consumer class AFAIK!
SolMiester (139)
1144182 2010-10-13 01:37:00 Quick question. I am looking to purchase a couple of laptops for business use and have been quoted priving on some Lenovo T410s. I have never used a Lenovo laptop before (always used HP business laptops at previous job) so was wondering how they stack up in comparison? I can get a very similar looking spec HP 6450b for around $500 - $1000 less.

For those who have purchased these for business in the past would you prefer Lenovo or HP?

Not sure about Lenovo add ons, however HP have some real nice security features thanks to its trusted platform module, so on that I would go for HP...If a tablet, I would go for the Lenovo X200T
SolMiester (139)
1144183 2010-10-13 01:51:00 ASUS only produce consumer class AFAIK!

And the practical difference is?
Most business machines I see in use have sad specs compared to a lot of home user ones.
pctek (84)
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