Need a new laptop for my CRE agent job! Any recs?
[{"id": "djleztu", "text": "Are you running around town, or stationary? Do you plan on hooking up to a monitor? Do you have a permanent/personal work space or shared space? \n\n15in if you're on the go or in shared space. If you're doing financial analysis/PP marketing 17in is ideal but can be big to lug around. Ideally, you have space for a monitor (23in) that you can connect through HMDI through with something lighter. \n\nFor CRE you just need something basic with Windows. HP, Dell, etc. It will get banged up. Make sure you back up often and use cloud storage google drive/dropbox/etc. to minimize hard drive space. You can even access those files through your phone if you're out of the office and need to access something. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "djlwsw4", "text": "IMO and SSD would be preferred, both for speed and durability. (no moving parts) I would say as large as possible if you will be dealing with lots of photos or videos. If it is a debate over fast CPU vs getting an SSD, always pick the SSD. Not sure what the budget is, but I could have just spend a lot of your money.\n\nAssuming you are replacing a current WinPC, look at the C:\\Users\\&lt;yourusername&gt; folder. How big is is? Those are your total personal files. Use this size as a guide on how much space you need. Remember you will be living in the future so there will be more files and they will all be bigger.\n\nGet a reliable brand and make sure you can connect it to a monitor so you can set it up like a desktop. Replaceable battery is preferred. If you are not gaming, photo, or video editing, CPU power is a lower priority.\n\nGet a cloud based storage like DropBox and keep all your important files there. They will store up to 1TB for $100 a year and you can recover deleted or overwritten files.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "djmjlyt", "text": "I couldn't recommend a surface pro enough.  Match it with a dock and full size keyboard at the office.  Use one drive for storage.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "djofdk9", "text": "I would get windows (because excel on windows &gt; excel on mac), make sure your laptop has 16 GB of RAM (may be excessive for some people but it will ensure you wont run into the spinning/loading wheel icon that often, especially when it comes to doing work on large excel files). \n\nAs far as storage, 500GB should be fine. You can always use Google Drive or Dropbox. I use Google Drive and have 100GB of storage for $20 a year.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]