Description
While there is no formal classification of laptops that separates business class laptops from consumer level laptops, from a practical standpoint, laptop manufacturers do make laptops targeted at consumer and business buyers.
The consumer, buying retail, is often less educated on what goes into a good, long-lasting laptop and is easily swayed by a low price and good looks. So laptop manufactures make laptops targeting this buyer. The focus is on frills, as cheap as possible and it has to look cool. The cheapest method of construction is never a good quality build.
Big business and government have tech departments and they are very educated on what goes into a good quality, long lasting, performing laptop and they are not swayed by cheap frills and good looks. Big business and government want and will pay extra for a laptop that performs well, is a quality build, that will last without the need for continuing service. So laptop manufacturers will build laptops that target this group of buyers and the focus is on solid, long-lasting performance. Business class laptops will generally be a little heavier because, lets face it, slim and light means more fragile. Business class systems are generally plainer in exterior design because the focus is on the inside and a quality build, not on charming good looks.
So ask yourself, do you want cheap and looks cool or something well built, to last? How can you tell which is business class and which is not? Look at what government buys, which is typically, Dell, Lenovo and HP-Elitebook.
