To all heavy Excel users, what brand laptop are you using and how’s it working for you?

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I recently got an HP, but it’s the worst thing ever speed-wise and routinely freezes.

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Dell XPS 15. Works beautifully.

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Never had an issue with mine overheating.

Lenovo Thinkpads for any business use

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Unless you are running some serious SQL queries / BI Powerpivot type calculations you are okay.

99% of accountants will be more than good with mid tier laptop.

Lenovo X Carbon. Love it, haven’t had speed issues yet. Only thing is I think Lenovo flipped the fn & ctrl keys, which is fine once you use it for a while, but a real pain if you ever use a different laptop

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Haven’t used Lenovo’s, but usually see lots of folks on the plane using them. Don’t know why Deloitte doesn’t offer them (only options are Dell or HP, and MacBooks with some exceptions). Considering whether I should buy Lenovo for personal

Acer Aspire E15 i7 8th gen - Really good

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Its not about the brand, but the specs

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Describe “heavy excel user”. If you are getting hang ups in excel you should search out a different solution. Dells are usually fine though.

Do you have 64x office products

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Surface book with high RAM has never steered me wrong.

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