Best Laptop for IB?
Going to be interning this summer at an EB and currently have a MacBook. I know my bank had sent laptops to their interns but I'm taking an IB course this semester and want to just get the most suitable laptop now (perhaps later on I can forward the receipt and get reimbursed?) I know there are programs/licensing you can get for your Macbook, but I'd rather just get a cheap PC given that I have the disposable income.
My budget is ~300 and I'm looking into the Lenovo thinkpad t series. Anyone have good recs?
Here are the specs I'd recommend prioritizing:
$300 is pretty low, but you could maybe make it work by buying used. If it's in your range, I think $600-700 is much more realistic, especially if you wait for a deal. Happy to answer any other questions
Very helpful, thank you!
edit: following up on this, I quite like this PC and it seems up to par with the recommended specs– https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/inspiro…
Thoughts?
These are very good spec recommendations but finding them at $300 going with Dell or HP might be tough and you could be leaving a lot on the table for the brand name. Dell is pretty good at upcharging. I have an Acer Aspire laptop, just about 3 years old with no issues despite giving it a heavy workload (it has the capability to play games and i play games on it, but it's not a discreet "gaming laptop"). I think I got it for ~$400 and have been pretty satisfied. No complaints about the brand.
12 GB of RAM? What decade are you living in lol. Also lol @ suggesting Intel instead of Ryzen for work / productivity. Dell is also the opposite of "no-frills" and has terrible customer service. Base clock speed is also a meaningless spec - CPUs are so good at threading and paralleling that base clock speed doesn't tell us anything about how fast a computer is anymore.
This is a great rec but would really recommend spending less on laptop to be able to afford double mons and nice keyboard
I was in your situation few months ago.
In the end I bought the crappiest Huawei matebook (around 400 Euros last summer) and to be honest I’m impressed by it.
Looks much more expensive than it is and has everything I need to work, mainly modelling and drafting PPT / IM (currently interning at a good private debt/special situations fund down here in my home country).
It’s a good buy IMO, if you’re going to be at an EB then your firm will send you their PC so buy something to use to study/chill
I switched from the Macbook Pro to the Huawei Matebook X Pro and imo it is a significant upgrade. A bit pricy (cheaper than a Mac Pro though), but most specs are greater and the screen is larger.
Have had a Lenova Thinkpad for close to 4 years now and it's unbelievably fast and efficient.
Lenovo thinkpad
Why not buy a desktop? more powerful and more storage. With wfh here to stay for some time, even in some hybrid form, it might make sense.
This, and just in general having a PC setup is great since you can dual screen a laptop / do any personal stuff on it too.
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