Hi guys,
What is the best laptop out there which is reasonable in price, performs well in terms of financial modelling, powerpoints (also a bit of coding, but not too heavy on coding)? General tasks (non-gaming).
I'm assuming ram must be minimum 8gb or even 16gb.
Thought please? Thank you.
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Depends a bit on how much coding (and whether you’ll have everything running locally) and how crazy your excel files get.
As much as I like macs for a work environment I use a windows machine (yes I know you can run windows on a Mac).
I prefer 16gb ram if you are doing medium/heavy analysis. I prefer a relatively portable laptop. The ones I have liked:
Microsoft surface 13.5in 16gb ram, i5 if keeping costs lower) Lenovo X1 (less portable, a bit pricey) HP elitebook x360
That being said, you should focus on a few key things, again depends on how much coding and modeling you will do: RAM: 16 gb (I find that to not always be enough) but almost everyone will be fine with that, most can get by with 8gb. So again just depends on how much (and what type) of coding you are planning on doing Processor should be i5 or i7 (or comparable, most the laptops I listed will have this, I’ve tried some of the very heavy duty processors and found that they don’t add much because I’m not doing that crazy of work). Screen size: I like 13-14 inch but that just depends if you have a setup for a second monitor Hard drive: depends if you have to store everything locally, I think 250-500 is plenty.
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