Laptop Reccomendations for Modeling
Rising junior here that will be starting a summer internship with a private equity shop next week. I currently have a MacBook, which I have been told is not great for modeling in terms of excel shortcuts and plugins. I was wondering what some good recommendations for Windows laptops would be? I will be going into IB at a boutique bank next summer, not sure if they will be providing a laptop or not for my work then (input is appreciated).
Razer
ah no. razer laptops don't have page up / down button which i like
Will you be working primarily in a dock or as a laptop?
Docked: * Buy a quality external keyboard, mouse and monitor. The computer brand itself matters less, just get lots of RAM and a big SSD.
Laptop * Prioritize a good, full sized keyboard as long as it fits within your bag. Thinkpad models (X and T models) are great. Microsoft Surface Book. I believe Dell's top of the line stuff has good reviews
Laptop setup, thanks for the suggestions. Anything you would recommend that is slightly cheaper ($500 range)?
At $500 I would suggest buying used from eBay, Craigslist, your college websites, friends, etc. You probably could pick something up much nicer than what you could find new.
If has to be new, Acer Aspire or maybe Lenovo Ideapad?
Don’t get more than 16GB of RAM lol.
Are you smoking crack? I have a 16GB laptop for FactSet and a 16GB desktop for Bloomberg. RAM is normally the first thing that you run out of.
Agreed other than the SSD. You are unlikely to have significant storage requirements, and if you do, they should be making you put everything on a network drive for business continuity reasons. After five years I've only got 100GB of stuff on my (several times replaced) laptop.
If you're running out of 16GB of RAM you have horrible application management or are doing something else wrong. The only reason you need 32GB of RAM is if you're editing videos or something.
If you can post a screencap of just FactSet and Excel taking up 16GB of RAM I'll literally Venmo you $100 on the spot lmfao.
xps 13/15
rocking a thinkpad x1 extreme and two monitors. can’t recommend enough
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