End User Laptop Buyer's Guide

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Decision Matrix

Best Better Good Not Recommended	Standard				Ruggedized
	Telecommuter Wide Screen	Telecommuter Standard	Traveler Tablet	Native Serial Port	Convertible Tablet	Slate Tablet	Native Serial Port
	NCS Technologies	MPC Corp	MPC Corp	Dell	GTSI	Transource Computers	Transource Computers
	Aurora 510V NBS190-TG14	Gateway E-475M	Gateway E-295C	Latitude D630	Panasonic CF-19	Getac CA27	Getac M230
Order
1) I need the lightest possible portable laptop
2) I need long battery life
3) I need a desktop replacement alternative
4) I want to run Office Productivity Applications (e-mail, surfing the Web, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, etc.)
5) I want to view graphics (images from the Internet, graphic intense PDF files, topographic maps, static 3D figures)
6) I need to run ArcInfo and view basic and intermediate maps, diagrams and other products.
7) I need to perform simulation and scientfic modeling
8) I need a system to perform real time analysis and manipulation of 3D data or models (reservoir modeling, overburden, geophysical and geological modeling)
9) I need advanced graphics
10) I need lots of processing power
11) I need leading-edge advanced graphics
12) I need dual-processor/core capable workstation
14) I need 64 bit hardware support to enable 64bit OS support
15) What is the base cost?	$1,125.00	$1,093.00	$1,255.00	$1,167.00