Choosing a Business laptop - Need Opinions

Not sure how the HP saves you some money since if you change the Dell to have a Ryzen 5 rather than Ryzen 7 it's cheaper than the HP.

Are you committed to choosing one of these two, or are you open to other options?

Very good point.  What about the quality of the casing on these things?  Sometimes presentation can mean a lot to folks also.

I'm open to other options also

Since you are open to other options, I would 100% recommend Lenovo ThinkPads. Of course this is all subjective, but I've been doing this for 20 years now and have had a FAR better experience w/ Lenovo over HP or Dell.

It all depends on your situation, but here are some items to consider?

• Is overall weight and charger sizes important (i.e. will they travel)
• What type of docking station, if any do you plan to use?
• Are external/dual monitors important
• Do you really want to go to Windows 11 right out of the gate?
• How important is being able to get into the case to change out parts to you?
• Is warranty work and support important to you? 
• If performance is critical, you might consider laptops in the >1k range for optimal performance
• Are physical buttons on the touchpad important?
• Do backlight keyboards matter?

I hope this helps a little in making the best choice you can.

Yes good questions.  Cost is a big factor side by side with performance.  I'm asked to do a lot with a little.  We need dual monitor support, but they are already using i5create to extend the monitors.  Windows 10/11 is fine.  Don't want a large paper weight so not too heavy.  Changing parts is not necessary.  Physical buttons on touchpad doesn't matter and backlight is not important.

Performance and Price.  Need to stay around the price points I had on the links.  $700-800 if possible.

That being said, what do you think of the options that I sent?

Ok Thank you.  Very helpful.  If any of you see any decent latitudes let me know

I agree w/ Gerwin here. I promise you if you go Lenovo ThinkPad or Dell Latitude (and spend a little extra) you'll be far happier in the long run. It's always frustrating to be asked to get business grade hardware on a shoestring budget. Long term, you typically end up spending more in time, service, and replacement when you can't afford the right tool for the job the first time.

It seems like the different consumer vs business lines come down to the case.  They give cheap junk to the home user and budget laptops and then the case is much sturdier on the "business line" of laptops.  The internal components are really the same depending on whatever you choose to configure it with.  Am I right here?

Interesting.  Gotcha.

If you go Dell, you should get Latitudes or Precisions over the Consumer grade Inspiron.
If you go Lenovo, you should go with T- series, which they bought the rights to from IBM.   The rest of Lenovo is junk.

look at Asus models also
zenbook  Zenbook｜Laptops For Work｜ASUS USA 
here the whole series :  ExpertBook｜Laptops For Work｜ASUS USA 

So I am able to get a little raise on my funds to purchase a better laptop.  Here is where I think we are settling between these 2.
Any suggestions?

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/latitude-3520-laptop/spd/latitude-15-3520-laptop/s019l352015usps

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-amd-g1/22tpt14t4a2

It almost seems like the Lenovo is the better buy and has a better processor

did you look at the asus series?
what's your opinion? ( just curious)

Just one thing about the 2 models - one is a 15" the other a 14". Business use for me always means a 14" model - very easy to take with you in a backpack. 

I have great respect for Asus.  I even have an Expert Center at home.  Let me throw that into the mix.  

https://www.newegg.com/pine-gray-asus-zenbook-um425qa-eh74-home-personal/p/N82E16834236056?Item=N82E16834236056

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/latitude-3520-laptop/spd/latitude-15-3520-laptop/s019l352015usps

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-amd-g1/22tpt14t4a2

the asis has an amd 7  - the lenovo amd 5
up to your budget i think to decide

Thank you so much for all your comments, I learned quite a bit!  FYI, I ended up getting the Lenovo.  Its quite a good deal.