What computers are y’all looking at getting before b school?

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Dell xps13

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I got a refurbished XPS 13 with an extra 20% discount for about $670 pre tax. The same machine would have been about $1100 new

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@a1 - yeah the camera isn’t great on the XPS. It’s the big/only drawback. Not too bad once you strategically set up how you are sitting and you could always add a camera attachment to top of screen.

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@BA I bought it Dell Outlet during the Labor Day sale

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And yea, I think it has performed like new. It was certified refurbished.

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C1- I got the same

Interested in suggestions, saving this thread.

Why not just a MacBook?

T480s - lenovo

Thinking of MacBook that can boot windows

Surface Book 2

@c1- doesn’t the camera suck and make it difficult to have Skype interviews?

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@SA1 - did you buy refurbished direct from Dell or a retailer such as BestBuy/etc.? And was the quality/performance equal to that of a new computer?

B&H at times have good sales on MacBook Pro’s. Just keep an eye out.

Got a HP Spectre x360 and love it. No awkward camera positioning, folds all the way around so that I can write on it with the included stylus as if it were a notebook, and uses a versatile USB-C charger.

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