It is back-up Computer time again!

[rareboy]

I ususally keep a spare laptop at the ready in case I damage or destroy the one I am using for work. It has come in handy, where I only need about a day to have the files transferred from the one to the new one.

This time I am looking at

HP ZBook 8 G1i 16 inch Mobile Workstation PC Wolf Pro Security Edition​

which looks like it is the workhorse successor to the HP Envy line

But the other contender is:

HP ZBook Fury 16 G11 Mobile Workstation PC​

I don't likely need the heavier graphics capable version now bit I do love the idea of 100% rendition and 400 nits

For really not that much more money.

https://www.hp.com/ca-en/shop/compare-products/Mw==

Any thoughts from your own experience or others you know of?

 

[Kahaih]

External hard drives.

With an empty external hard drive case you can pull the hard drive from the old laptop and put it in the empty case and you have everything ready to go --- plug the external hard drive into your new laptop, your office desktop, . . . any other computer that you want to work on. A day to transfer files is ridiculous and completely unacceptable.

As for the new laptop, spend as much as you can and get what you want, but make sure that it is ready for the next new operating system. (Windows 12????)

 

[cityboy-stl]

Yep. But you still want backups. External hard drives can fail too. I back up everything on my desktop computer to two external hard drives that I control.
Do not back up to someone else's computer, otherwise known as "the cloud".

And dump Windows. Linux Mint.

 

[Kahaih]

. . . .
And dump Windows. Linux Mint.

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But, where, these days, do you find equipment that allows you to change the operating system? HP, in particular, is locked in with the original version purchased on the machine.

If you are dual booting, you are still working on a Windows laptop.

Also, how office friendly/compatible is Linux?

 

[me203]

But, where, these days, do you find equipment that allows you to change the operating system? HP, in particular, is locked in with the original version purchased on the machine.

I don't have personal experience, but I hear things... It sounds like it has gotten harder. Some brands are better than others, like--from what I hear--ThinkPads.

Oddly, while I think I've heard HP is bad now, I seem to recall at one time they were said to be a good choice. But that was years ago, and, as we all know, things can change radically with technology companies.

I've been without a computer usable on the Internet for nearly two months. At one point, I considered getting a new laptop... But I hear those horror stories, and I think anything readily obtainable (e.g., this week's $300 Office Depot special) is likely to be problematic.

Plus I don't want to pay for a Windows license I won't use.

If you are dual booting, you are still working on a Windows laptop.

But if you are running Linux, you aren't dealing with Windows.

Also, how office friendly/compatible is Linux?

It depends entirely what you are doing.

The problem isn't the OS, it's the software you use to work. Some will be fine with a basic Linux desktop. Some might need Windows software.

 

[me203]

I don't have personal experience

That is, I don't have exerience with recent computers.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

External hard drives.

With an empty external hard drive case you can pull the hard drive from the old laptop and put it in the empty case and you have everything ready to go --- plug the external hard drive into your new laptop, your office desktop, . . . any other computer that you want to work on. A day to transfer files is ridiculous and completely unacceptable.

As for the new laptop, spend as much as you can and get what you want, but make sure that it is ready for the next new operating system. (Windows 12????)

I'm also saving files to an external hard drive, the transfer process is easy and I'm considering a newer hard drive to add compacity.