Wants two laptops with external monitors

Wants two laptops with external monitors
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There’s not a huge amount of difference between basic business laptops, but start by looking at Dell, HP and Lenovo. These three dominate the business market, ahead of Toshiba, Fujitsu and a few others.
If you want something cheap but reasonably effective, a Dell Vostro 3558 would do the job. (Vostro is the Dell brand for home office/small office users, and has only just returned to the UK market.) If you want something stunning but expensive, check out the new XPS 15. The Latitude E5550, mentioned above, is a middle-of-the-road option.
Looking at the HP range, the HP ProBook 350 G2 is a decent entry-level laptop, with the new ProBook 450 with battery like Toshiba PA3107U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3383U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3384U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3285U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3905U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PABAS213 Batterybeing a nicer system for a bit more money. Remember to include a Care Pack for HP’s on-site service.
If you want to go for consumer laptops, there are too many alternatives to think about. Also, with the market switching from Windows 8 to 10, ranges are in flux and prices are variable. However, if you can visit a few shops, look for the Asus X555LA and its close relatives: Toshiba Satellites and HP Envy laptops. You can compare screen and keyboard quality, and feel whether the case and hinges seem robust enough.
The Asus X555LA looks cheap at the moment. You can get one with an Intel Core i3-5005U, 4GB of memory and a terabyte hard drive for £299.99, with a Core i5-5200U and 8GB for £399, or with a Core i7-5500U and 8GB for £499.99. You could also get a Toshiba Satellite Pro R-50 with a Core i5-4210U, 8GB of memory and a terabyte hard drive for only £359.97, or a Satellite L50 with a Core i7-5500U and 8GB for £599.95. Shop around for prices and services. What you won’t get is business-class support.
A lot of business laptops have docking stations, and these provide a tidy way of connecting an external screen and keyboard. They are also very easy to use. However, they tend to be expensive, and they aren’t necessarily flexible: docking stations designed for one range of laptops won’t fit dozens of others.
Universal docking stations are not as tidy, but more flexible and probably cheaper. Previously, I’ve suggested the Plugable UD-3900 at £99.95. This has both HDMI and DVI/VGA ports, so it can support two screens. It also provides an Ethernet network connection and six USB ports. Of course, each laptop must have a USB 3.0 port to connect to its own UD-3900.
There are alternative USB 3.0 docking stations from Woopower (£82.99) and Kensington, with the Kensington SD3500v (£104.20).
You can, of course, connect a monitor to most Windows laptops: they usually have an HDMI port or DisplayPort or even a VGA port. You can also connect a USB or Bluetooth mouse, and a USB keyboard. The disadvantage is that you have to unplug everything when you want to move the laptop. If all the accessories are connected to a docking station, you only have to remove one USB 3.0 plug at most.
If you will never move your laptop, it’s worth considering a desktop PC or a big screen all-in-one instead. But that’s another story.