Up-to-date hardware (laptop) recommendations?

[Shachar Shemesh]

On 29/11/2015 11:05, Omer Zak wrote: 

> - Ability to connect 2-3 external displays (possibly via a docking
> station).

May I ask why? Do you plan to connect the internal monitor + 3 external
monitors simultaneously? 

You need to be aware that even if there are so many ports (and my
laptop+dock does have that many ports), it does not mean you can
actually use all of them at the same time. That is a function of several
factors, GPU memory being possibly just one of which. A laptop with a
very high end graphics adapter (which is what you are implicitly asking
here) would be very expensive. 

Aside from that, I tend to recommend Dell. They have reasonable Linux
support, and they have on site next business day three year service as a
standard for most laptops. This means that you do not have to give up
your computer for several days while waiting for it to be serviced under
warranty. This, in turn, means that you can afford to actually fix those
errors that are annoying, but not annoying enough to go without the
computer for several days. 

My laptop is Dell latitude E7440. It only supports two simultaneous
displays, but otherwise seems to check all of your boxes. 

Shachar 
 
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