I bring a Windows laptop with me on my scuba diving trips so that I can upload/log my dives and upload and correct
my underwater photos/videos. The software that I need runs only on Windows, so I have to deal with plenty of gotchas!
One of the lessons that I've learned is that I'm better-off running Windows 7 than the newer releases of Windows!
I recently purchased a Dell Latitude E5270, which has Windows 7.1 Professional installed on it. The Latitude series is
Dell's business line and I'm very impressed with the build quality of my laptop! It's a 12.5", which makes it easier for
me to type on the keyboard than it was on my previous netbooks! It has a Pentium Core i5 CPU, plus 8GB of RAM,
and Windows feels about as fast as it is on my Dell Windows 7.1 PC! In addition, this is the first laptop that connects
to the wi-fi in my DSL modem at 144Mbps! The only limitation is that it has a Dell proprietary 120GB solid state drive,
which isn't large enough for me! This SSD is a small circuit board that plugs into an edge connector on the motherboard.
Since all of this hardware appears not to be standards-based, I don't believe that I can swap this SSD for my 480GB
Intel SSD! So I'm doing my best to conserve space on this tiny SSD!
Time will tell if my Dell Latitude is worth the premium price!
John