Need a cheap Windows PC to practice modeling. Currently own a Mac. All advice welcome!

Need a cheap Windows PC to practice modeling. Currently own a Mac. All advice welcome! I am unsure of which laptop to buy simply for the purpose of practicing excel skills

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ThinkPads are not cheap, yet they are 100% worth it. I made the switch from a Mac after my laptop broke down for the second time last year, and I absolutely love it. It boosted my productivity while I was in college, and now that I’m WFH I can do all the work I’m assigned (mostly on Excel and using Python) with no problems. Think of ThinkPads as mobile work stations, not as simple computers.

lol kind of went full salesman on this post, but if you are going into finance I would recommend to invest in a ThinkPad.

 

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