What laptop would people recommend for HBS? Is it quantitatively rigorous enough to want a PC for Excel?

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I dont think so - you’ll have to build models but nothing too crazy in my view (ie not more than 1 tab of excel work). This applies to the RC curriculum (some basic models in Fin1 and fin2), and some EC finance courses (pe finance). I haven’t had to wrangle massive datasets where I thought I really missed my PC shortcuts.

I am starting in the fall and personally got a thinkpad. It was also way cheaper than a Mac anyway (I got an X1 carbon for like $1300 on amazon)

Lenovo legion / thinkpad lines with num pad (since you’ll likely use lenovo after your MBA)

Thinkpad X/T series or Thinkbook if you don’t care about Aura. Don’t buy that 6-pounder brick called legion if you plan to buy only 1 laptop. If you must game, smuggle the 4060 variant of Thinkbook 16+.

Source: I have both thinkpad and legion

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