What kind of laptops do today's KJs use/recommend?

[bryant]

You can do it with almost any Dell. I have had several, had bad luck with them all, esp. their video cards. Seems like always one of them was in the shop for repairs.

Now use a SFF Shuttle as you can see, that is a miniature Desktop PC, works very very well, and use Dell as backup, but STILL don't trust it. If you go laptop, I advise another brand.

Hope this helps.