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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What I did was used a spare, older Mac and converted it to a PC, more or less, using Bootcamp (will come with Mac). This made practicing modeling and PPT work far easier, compared to when I was using the Mac interface. I would recommend this as the 0 dollar solution to your problem!
I had the same issue - I bought this laptop below a couple years ago (pretty decently priced) and it’s been great, has a num pad and everything.
https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-envy-x360-laptop-15z-ds100-8wl85av-1?…-
Use parallels, get an external monitor, and attach a windows keyboard via USB. Completely identical to a windows PC and way cheaper
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.
glad to know your hf is long lnvgy
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