Work laptop recommendations?
Getting started at a boutique firm where I can purchase a laptop of my choosing and get reimbursed. I’m not intimately familiar with PC hardware specs, and so I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations with regard to minimum RAM, storage space, number of USB-C ports, etc.
I’m leaning towards the Lenovo ThinkPad since that’s generally seen as the industry standard, and because I’ve also used one before at a prior employer, but there are a few different RAM options, etc.
I’ll be mostly using the laptop for Excel and PPT work, but I’d ideally like to have enough processing power to have several models open at the same time without issue. My new employer also didn’t give me a specific price cap, but I’d like to be reasonable here. I personally don’t see a need to pay over $1,000 for a work laptop, and if there’s a suitable laptop significantly cheaper than that, it’d be perfect.
Lenovo Thinkpad all day. I personally don't know much about the specs so I'll let someone else opine on that but definitely don't skimp out on processing power. Do you need a fully loaded laptop? Probably not. But having enough compute to run a few models while on calls is very important. There's not much worse than having a model lag while sharing your screen on a call with a client.
Thanks for the reminder that performance while on a Zoom call and screensharing is incredibly important. I’ve had a prior employer who issued HP laptops where Excel would often freeze up if you had too big of a file open and tried sharing your screen. I’d like to avoid that headache going forward lol
Personally I'd go for a thinkpad. If you want something nice for about $1000 you can pick up a solid X1 or a T14 if it has to be much less
Thanks for the rec. I’ve been doing a bit more digging on my end as well, and came to othe same conclusion that the ThinkPad T14 is the way to go.
For the benefit of future viewers, the X1’s price point is closer to $2k while the T14 tends to hover around $1k.
Yea my bad I always buy ThinkPads refurbished so I had the used price point in mind
T14 is great though
Lenovo every day. Their website has great prices, and you can usually combine with cash back with Rakutan.
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