Cyber Security Major Laptop Suggestions

[Vek1313]

Looking for suggestions for a laptop at college.

My college has recommended:

i7 or i5 with vPro enabled

16 GB of ram

SSD

 

Things I’m looking for in addition:

500 GB or more of storage

5+ hours of battery life

1060 or 1070 would be nice but not necessary as it won’t be my main driver taking my rig down for my room.

 

No real price range, but I don’t want to spend more than is necessary. Would just like some recommendations, nothing too wild. Hoping to keep it under $2k USD.

[sazrocks]

Why do you need vPro? Does your college want to manage your laptop?

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, UnleashedPride said:

1060 or 1070

If you really need such powerful GPU together with vPro CPU, you can consider 17 inch workstation laptops, but they are expensive.

[Vek1313]

23 hours ago, sazrocks said:

Why do you need vPro? Does your college want to manage your laptop?

I don’t know. I asked for requirements and they said preferably with vPro enabled but it seems like it’s not absolutely necessary.

 

22 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

If you really need such powerful GPU together with vPro CPU, you can consider 17 inch workstation laptops, but they are expensive.

I don’t NEED a 1060 or 1070, I was just saying if it came with one of those it’d be nice, I won’t be doing much for gaming on this. They didn’t give any requirements that it would need a dedicated GPU, that was just a throw in if the laptop had it that I’m neutral on that being there or not. Integrated graphics is enough.

[genexis_x]

Look for business laptops then, they have optional 8350U/8650U CPU with vPro.

 

Thinkpad T480/T580/T480s

Thinkpad X series

or the downgraded Thinkpad L series if you don't want to spend much.

 

Latitude 7290/7390/7490 and Elitebook 830/840/850 G5 also good but they are usually more expensive. Latitude 5290/5490/5590 also OK.

 

Make sure they have IPS display