And Excel for Mac is NOT the same. I have horror stories of EMBA students

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Aug 11, 2019
8:06:09am

Squeegee All-American

Asking "why can't I find the Math add-in?" On their personal Macs rather than the laptop we issued.

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Squeegee

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Best laptop for my daughter for her freshman year at BYU-H...ready, go!

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

8/10/19 2:46pm

this should handle anything needed.

TN_Coug

8/10/19 2:48pm

Let me qualify my OP: Best cheap laptop

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

8/10/19 2:53pm

Dirt cheap chromebook

bus driverman

8/10/19 2:50pm

Second this, unless she is in a major that requires heavy computer use, a

Dakota Cougar

8/10/19 2:56pm

Second this.

Dissenter

8/10/19 3:04pm

Dell XPS13

memento

8/10/19 3:00pm

MacBook Pro 💻

grosven

8/10/19 3:20pm

I LOVE our Macbooks..they last forever...but I'm not sure I want to dump $1k in

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

8/10/19 3:28pm

I like how Amazon calls refurbished computers "renewed" computers...makes it

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

8/10/19 3:43pm

I just got HP laptops for my business

grosven

8/10/19 8:24pm

So what’s the consensus here.... I’m in the same boat with my son. Freshman yr

kotacoug

8/10/19 4:00pm

I might roll the dice and get a refurbished Macbook air or pro...right around

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

8/10/19 4:06pm

For finance / business you’re going to need windows excel

memento

8/10/19 4:08pm

And Excel for Mac is NOT the same. I have horror stories of EMBA students

Squeegee

8/11/19 8:06am

Avoid Mac. Too expensive and may have compatibility issues depending on major

Baron

8/10/19 4:12pm

Chromebook for now

Dissenter

8/11/19 8:33am

IMO, the cheapest thing with a SSD hard drive and can connect to printers.

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