Need a new laptop?
Hey all - I have a 2017 MacBook Pro i7 16gb ram with a Touch Bar. My firm runs everything off Citrix so I’ll have a virtual desktop. Should I upgrade/change to a Dell/Thinkpad or just keep this? They aren’t providing tech so I’ll have to shell out $1600 for the thinkpad X1 carbon/Extreme.
Just get a USB keyboard and use your current laptop. From a work perspective, what would be the marginal utility from spending the $1600 if you are just remoting in to a Windows computer at your bank?
The problem is my group doesn't have a facetime culture so a lot of the analysts leave for the weekend and might have to do work while traveling, etc. and the mac would need to be docked at all times. I was thinking of selling the Mac (around $1000) and spending the extra $600 on the ThinkPad.
If you can sell a 2017 Mac for 1k you should be in Sales, not IB
Yea lol it’s a MBP so it was ~$2600 new but IB is sales
So, my understanding is that you have a desktop in the office that you'll never see, and you just get a projection of it onto your laptop, like you're watching a movie or whatnot?
In that case, what does it matter? If the remote desktop/server is doing all the lifting, and your mac is good enough to display the image that they're sending you, why change anything? (well, maybe add a nice mouse, keyboard, and monitor. (or two)
I would second the "get a nice monitor / keyboard / mouse" setup for remoting. I have an old laptop as well as a state of the art gaming desktop. If they are plugged into the same monitor, it doesn't make a difference for Citrix.
Apple makes some sweet monitors (maybe get that double monitor action going) and you can get the external trackpad as well as the Magic Keyboard which has the Numpad now!
Link to the keyboard (seriously the Numpad is hella useful for Excel): https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQ052LL/A/magic-keyboard-with-numeri…</a">https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQ052LL/A/magic-keyboard-with-numeri…
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