You should already have made a list of the technical specifications, but if you plan to sell your PC via an online service, it’s also a good idea to take a set of clear photos. You don’t need to get the professionals in, but it pays to take your shots in a well-lit room and against a clean, preferably white background. Show the device powered on and working if possible, and take shots from different angles to show ports and connectors. Include any recovery discs, manuals, peripherals and cases in at least one photo. Don’t show the product key: someone dishonest could use it to illegally activate their own copy of Windows, leading to problems with your own installation.Whatever the size of your business, your laptops represent a serious investment. And that investment goes far beyond the upfront purchase price or even the additional costs of software, services and support.The files stored on a laptop can represent months of work, or include information that could make or break a deal. They can contain data that could harm your business, or place the trust and security of your customers at risk.Despite this, businesses often treat laptops as disposable machines. No business would leave the company office unlocked overnight, so why do some many leave their laptops unprotected? A 2008 survey by Price Waterhouse Cooper found that only 8% of businesses take even the basic step of encrypting data.

When work is hectic and times are tough it's tempting to cut corners, but factor in the loss of productivity, the loss of business critical data and the fallout from a serious security breach, and security should always be a paramount concern.Note that not all of your business' laptops have the same requirements. Some spend their working lives in the relative security of the office, while others venture out into cars, trains, taxis, airports and other danger spots.Some employees will also have access to more sensitive data than others. Think of banding your laptops in terms of risk. This makes it easier to prioritise your measures.Some very basic steps can help you physically protect your laptops. Something as simple as a company logo, laser-etched or factory-installed as a custom skin, can deter thieves while providing an easy method of identification if your laptop is recovered by a third party.Difficult to remove asset tags, either in the form of an electronic tag in the BIOS or a physical label, can also help here, while making it easier to manage larger numbers of machines. Dell provides all these options on selected models as part of its Custom Factory Integration service - it's easier and potentially less expensive than handling the tasks yourself.Many laptops come equipped with security measures built-in, including fingerprint or face-recognition login, but even if your current laptops don't have such features they will include a Kensington lock slot – if you don't already, use it!

Encryption is also vital. BitLocker encryption, which transparently encrypts entire drives, is only built into Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise, so smaller businesses may not be able to take advantage.If you buy from Dell, however, then note its Protection | Encryption software, which is factory-installed on Latitude laptops. This helps IT managers monitor, audit and enforce encryption policies, whether on the laptop hard disk or on external hard drives and USB memory sticks.All these measures work better with a little end-user education. If your staff are aware of the dangers of leaving a laptop in the car or loose in the office, they're more likely to take care.Everyone should have a basic understanding of why encryption is necessary, and why company files should never be transferred unencrypted to USB memory sticks, portable hard drives or personal laptops.

Whatever you do, there's no cast-iron guarantee that a laptop won't go missing. When the worst happens, you need a failsafe way of tracking your property, securing your data and - if possible - recovering the laptop. This is where Dell System Track comes in.We’ve been waiting eagerly to get a closer look at HP’s ZBook range of mobile workstations, and the first has finally arrived in the PC Pro labs – the range-topping HP ZBook 17. The biggest model in the line-up, the ZBook 17 partners a 17.3in display with a burly, upgradeable chassis, a truckload of connectivity and a slew of high-end componentry. See also: what's the best laptop you can buy in 2014?There’s no getting away from the fact that the ZBook 17 is an absolute giant. Measuring 416mm wide and 44mm thick, this mobile workstation weighs in at 3.8kg even without the mains charger. Factor in the 120W PSU and the whole package comes in at a back-breaking 4.5kg – it’s telling that one of the suggested accessories on HP’s web store is a wheeled roller case.

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The flipside to the ZBook 17’s sheer bulk is that it feels outstandingly well built. Indeed, the construction doesn’t only look burly: it feels nigh-on indestructible. Metal sheets shield the lid and keyboard surround, and tough plastics make for a chassis that’s rock-solid. The base has barely a millimetre of give in it, and the thick, chunky lid is similarly stout – there’s hardly any side-to-side flex, and it wasn’t until we pushed really hard on the centre of the lid that we noted any showthrough on the LCD panel. If you’re intending to cart the ZBook 17 from desk to desk, or office to office, the build quality immediately inspires confidence.The HP’s ergonomics are top-notch, too. The keyboard has a numeric keypad alongside, and the crisp-feeling keys have a grippy, matte finish. Meanwhile, a touchpoint in the centre of the keyboard partners with a trio of buttons below the space bar. The glass touchpad is excellent: it feels silky smooth under the finger, and, neatly, a quick double-tap in the top-left corner toggles it on and off.If you’re on the hunt for an affordable mobile workstation, however, the ZBook 17 isn’t it. The base model comes in at £1,605 exc VAT, and partners a dual-core Core i7-4600M CPU with an Nvidia Quadro K610M GPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB hard disk. At this price, it’s a tad disappointing to have to make do with a 1,600 x 900 display, let alone a standard hard disk. Upgrade to the model with a Core i7-4700MQ, Nvidia Quadro K3100M GPU and Full HD display, and the price rises to £2,025 exc VAT.

If that weren’t expensive enough to blow any IT budget, we received the range-topping, £2,998 exc VAT model for review. While the Core i7-4700MQ is still there, the memory doubles to 8GB; the GPU is Nvidia’s high-end Quadro K4100M; the 7,200rpm 750GB hard drive is accompanied by a 32GB mSATA SSD for caching duties; and the display is upgraded to HP’s DreamColor wide-gamut Full HD panel.The lack of a decent-sized SSD seems more than a tad stingy, but overall performance doesn’t suffer unduly as a result. The ZBook 17 sped to a result of 1.05 in our Real World Benchmarks, enough to put it narrowly ahead of Dell’s similarly specified Precision M4800, which scored 1.01. The HP’s Quadro K4100M GPU proved itself significantly more powerful than the Quadro K2100M in Dell’s machine, too: where the Dell’s GPU powered through our GPU-assisted Sony Vegas 12 benchmark in around 1min 56secs, the HP took only 1min 32secs – almost 21% quicker.Those looking to use the ZBook 17 away from the mains will almost certainly need to shell out on a spare battery or two, though, or go for the optional extended wedge battery that clips to the underside. Despite a meaty 75Wh power pack, the ZBook ran dry after 3hrs 29mins in our light-use battery test. Working flat out, the HP lasted only 1hr 3mins.

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Asus’ newest arrival, the VivoTab Note 8, is as potent as compact tablets come. It squeezes Windows 8.1, an Intel Bay Trail Atom CPU and a stylus into an 8in tablet. The even bigger news is the price: for a smidgen more than £300, this compact contender follows in the footsteps of its larger stablemate, the Transformer Book T100, and throws in a free copy of Microsoft Office as well. See also the 11 best tablets of 2014You’d be hard-pressed to recognise the Note 8’s talents right away, though. The matte plastics are noticeably cheaper-feeling than Asus’ Google-branded Android tablet – the lithe, rock-solid Nexus 7. It’s inoffensively styled, and reasonably light at 380g, but this isn’t a tablet to lust after. If it weren’t for the Windows 8 sticker on the rear, it would be easy to mistake the Note 8 for a dull, budget Android tablet.Until, that is, you start looking at the Note 8’s rather impressive feature list. In contrast to other 8in Windows tablets, Asus has partnered the Note 8’s touchscreen with a Wacom digitiser and passive stylus. The digitiser delivers more than 1,000 levels of pressure sensitivity and, handily enough, the small plastic stylus stows away in the tablet’s lower edge.

In many ways, the stylus is a perfect addition to a compact Windows 8 tablet. It makes it possible to scribble handwritten notes into apps such as the bundled Microsoft OneNote, sketch and paint in art applications, and edit photos more accurately. Admittedly, there’s little need for the stylus during casual use – taps and swipes of the finger are accurate enough for flicking through Metro apps or exploring the internet – but where desktop applications and taskbar icons are often fiddly to control with a finger, the stylus provides pinpoint cursor control where it’s most needed.Asus VivoTab Note 8 Unlike the pixel-packed HD and Retina screens of the latest Android and iOS compact tablets, the Note 8 has a humble 1,280 x 800 display. This isn’t a bad thing, however. In usability terms, the lower resolution means onscreen dialog boxes and menus present a larger target for finger taps and stylus prods. Quality is above par, too: the IPS panel ensures colours are bright and bold; the LED backlight reaches an ample, if not class-leading, 307cd/m²; and the contrast ratio of 1,094:1 is enough to make sure images have plenty of get up and go.Windows 8 wasn't as popular as Microsoft would have hoped, though it's repaired some of the damage with Windows 8.1 and its first Update. With Windows 9 on the horizon, we've put together our wish list of what needs to be improved Nicole Kobie Microsoft, we need to talk. The way you’ve been behaving lately, it has to stop – you’re nothing but frustrating. We want things to go back to the way they were.

In Windows 8.1, the return of the Start button was functionally useless, but when you admitted it could have been improved many people took it as a step in the right direction.Windows 8.1 Update 1 has repaired some of the damage to the desktop, making it easier to use Windows Store apps with a mouse and keyboard. And with Windows 9 rumoured to be arriving in 2015, you have an opportunity to listen to your users and make the operating system Windows 8 should have been.Here are ten of our suggestions for how you can save Windows – plus a selection of the best ideas from PC Pro readers. Send yours to news@pcpro.co.uk – and feel free to CC Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella.Barry Collins, journalist and former PC Pro editor: "The one thing that stops the Surface Pro from replacing my iPad 2 on a day-to-day basis is its power management. If I leave the Surface overnight, it takes 11.4 seconds (I just timed it) for the Surface to reach the password screen after I press the power button; my iPad 2 is ready the moment I flip back its case.

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