buying new laptop or computer after graduation/before first year
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on 4/2/07 at 11:04am
My current laptop is a POS and I've been wanting to get a new one, but I don't know if it's even worth the money to get one considering I'm going to begin work in 3 months (ib analyst in BB). Will I actually ever use a laptop to do work (like on roadshows or at home), or is this thing just going to collect dust for the next two years? I figure, no point in buying one now if I could buy the same model for about $50 in two years. Thanks for any help guys.





most banks have a way for
most banks have a way for you to remotely login and do work from home. take advantage of a student discount while you are still a student. that being said, a lot of banks give laptops to bankers or lend them out for roadshows.
Depends on what you use your
Depends on what you use your laptop for. If you use it for music or games or anything like that then get one.
If you just use it for the internet why bother.
The laptops banks lend you
The laptops banks lend you will probably firewalled, which means they can monitor all your Internet-related activities.
Re: The laptops banks lend you
The laptops banks lend you will probably firewalled, which means they can monitor all your Internet-related activities.
Firewalled means they can stop you from doing certain things on your laptop. It doesn't necessarily mean they can monitor what you are doing. They would have to install monitoring software/hardware for that.
basically if you want to use
basically if you want to use IM or itunes, get your own laptop
I don't understand why you
I don't understand why you wouldn't get your own laptop. I didn't even know banks lent out laptops. At the banks I know, analysts work on desktops. But again, work computers are both firewalled and monitored. So personal e-mail, facebook, and a number of other sites aren't accessible. I would get my own.
tax deduction
if you use the laptop for work (which you probably will end up doing at least a little of) you may be able to depreciate the cost of the laptop over its useful life and take a tax break.