I’m starting a new role as a data analyst in a few weeks. From my understanding, the programs I will be using regularly include Excel, Tableau, PowerBI, SQL, and occasionally R. What laptop would you suggest? I can choose either a Macbook or PC (not sure what kind of PC though). TIA!

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If it’s a lot of Excel, PC. If the Excel is minimal, Mac.

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I'd just ask your new team what they all use and pick the same thing in case there are compatibility issues. Most likely windows I'd think?

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Whatever you do, get a lot of RAM. The max offered

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Use whatever your team is using. (If you’re expected to use PowerBI regularly I’d assume it’s a PC but double check with colleagues)

Thanks for the input everyone! Will reach out to my team and see what their suggestion is. It seems that a PC is probably the better choice

PC is probably your best bet, especially if we’re talking about Macs with apple silicon

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