Latitude 5540

To be fair, I get brand new Dells right out of the box with failed trackpads (no click, stuck, etc.) and that's one or two out of each batch of ~15 devices. I've had just one FW with that problem. My last company had the Latitude (5540?) line that had every single battery swell to bursting open the

Are you in the US? You can probably find a Latitude 5540 for $250-350 or so. Only thing it doesn't have (and I don't believe any/most 15-inch ThinkPads have this either) is a centered keyboard. Dell Precision 5530 and newer does have that, if you can deal with worse battery life. Otherwise 14-inches

Hmm. Rugged at/above 15-inch appears to be fairly rare. Also, Lenovo doesn't make this style of machine and never really has as far as I know, outside of historically claiming the basic T-series was good enough for this work. (There's no ThinkPad today I would classify in this genre.) If your employ

You are better off with Dell Pro Plus 16. Better build quality and built for work. Maybe even a Dell Latitude 5540 refurbished on Amazon.