Best laptop for financial modeling- PE/IB

Hey everyone, 

I'm an incoming freshman at the University of Arkansas (Walton College) pursuing a degree in finance and accounting with a long-term goal of private equity. I'll be doing heavy financial modeling from day one — already enrolled in a modeling course and joining the school's M&A club.

Looking for a laptop with a budget of ~$2,000. I'm willing to pay up for performance. I'll be using it heavily for  Excel and financial modeling, and I want it to last me through grad school and possibly beyond. 

Any input is helpful, thanks.

6 Comments
 

For “heavy financial modeling” sounds retarded. The average, and even complex financial models can run on a $300 chrome book. If it can’t you should learn how to optimize. Heavy data load is the only reason you would need some RAM and compute to not make it miserable. Customer cube is good example as other guy mentioned. 

Get a nice laptop for other reasons. Streaming, ability to have a large amount of tabs open, heavy data load, simulations, AI, gaming, video editing etc.

Would pay up to future proof it, but not so it can handle excel financial models.
 

 

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