Which laptop for work?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

I work at a MSP doing helpdesk support (both onsite and offsite) and have a chance to change laptops, just wondering if its worth the switch.

I currently have a Lenovo ThinkPad T15 Gen 2 with a Core i5-1145G7, 24GB of RAM, and a 500GB SSD.

The laptop I can switch to is a Dell Precision 7740 with a Core i9-9880H, 32GB of RAM, a Quadro RTX 4000 (8GB), and a 1TB SSD.

 

Is it worth switching? I know the precision is a little old but it seems much better specked to me. 
I dont really care about size/weight. I don't do a lot of GPU intensive work but I do have a lot of monitors (5) and have a lot of programs / applications open at once. 

 

Thoughts? 

[dizmo]

Is it free? Then sure, why not. What about the other machine is making you want to switch?

I doubt you'd actually notice any difference in day to day use. I'd be more worried about keyboard and display then I would be about performance.

[Naijin]

20 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

I work at a MSP doing helpdesk support (both onsite and offsite) and have a chance to change laptops, just wondering if its worth the switch.

I currently have a Lenovo ThinkPad T15 Gen 2 with a Core i5-1145G7, 24GB of RAM, and a 500GB SSD.

The laptop I can switch to is a Dell Precision 7740 with a Core i9-9880H, 32GB of RAM, a Quadro RTX 4000 (8GB), and a 1TB SSD.

 

Is it worth switching? I know the precision is a little old but it seems much better specked to me. 
I dont really care about size/weight. I don't do a lot of GPU intensive work but I do have a lot of monitors (5) and have a lot of programs / applications open at once. 

 

Thoughts? 

If it's free and battery life is of no concern, then yes the Dell is an upgrade. You'll get double the cores, overall about 30% more multicore performance. Single thread you'll lose about 10%.

[Theunknownkoc]

Dell precision is a great workstation laptop. If you will not do graphic extensive work and just multi tasking, then just take a laptop with 32GB RAM and i7 or Ryzen 7 processor. This should be enough.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

52 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Is it free? Then sure, why not. What about the other machine is making you want to switch?

I doubt you'd actually notice any difference in day to day use. I'd be more worried about keyboard and display then I would be about performance.

Yeah its free. Mostly because its free and it has a dedicated GPU is what makes me want to switch. 

I hate the trackpad on my Lenovo too, sometimes it doesn't recognize inputs. 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

52 minutes ago, Naijin said:

If it's free and battery life is of no concern, then yes the Dell is an upgrade. You'll get double the cores, overall about 30% more multicore performance. Single thread you'll lose about 10%.

Sweet thanks. It is free, I actually have 4 available to me. 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

23 minutes ago, Theunknownkoc said:

Dell precision is a great workstation laptop. If you will not do graphic extensive work and just multi tasking, then just take a laptop with 32GB RAM and i7 or Ryzen 7 processor. This should be enough.

I can only choose between those two options unfortunately. The precision is free so might as well take the extra RAM. 

[Theunknownkoc]

18 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

I can only choose between those two options unfortunately. The precision is free so might as well take the extra RAM. 

Bro then go for it. It should be easily satisfy your requirements then,

[dizmo]

35 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Yeah its free. Mostly because its free and it has a dedicated GPU is what makes me want to switch. 

I hate the trackpad on my Lenovo too, sometimes it doesn't recognize inputs. 

Yeah, I'd go for it then. I actually prefer the keyboard on the more professional Dells over the ThinkPads. 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

On 2/3/2025 at 11:45 AM, dizmo said:

Yeah, I'd go for it then. I actually prefer the keyboard on the more professional Dells over the ThinkPads. 

Keyboard and trackpad are better for sure.