<p>What are the best laptops for business majors? specifically finance?</p>
<p>PC or Mac?</p>
<p>Which brand of laptop?</p>
<p>I always recommend PC over Mac for laptops and desktops. Let me give you my two cents.</p>
<p>I think PCs are definitely better for business majors, especially finance. I know a couple of finance majors with Macs and they’ve all had problems. For example, one of my friends who is a finance and electrical engineering major needs to go to the computer lab to do his statistics homework because it’s too much trouble on his Mac. My roommate is a finance major as well and has a top of the line Macbook pro and he has to dual boot windows on it anyway to run programs for his MIS class. He complains about windows all the time because it runs really slowly and does some glitchy things on his Mac that he spent over 2 grand on, and my cheap PC laptop runs them smoothly and without any problems on the same OS on a machine that was much better value.</p>
<p>If the question is just PC or Mac in general, keep in mind that the general rule is that you can find a PC laptop with similar specs for about half the price (a little more than half at the bottom end of the Mac line and even as little as 1/3 of the price of the high end Macs) so if you are one of those people who thinks about what you’re getting for your money, PC will always be your choice. With Macs, you’re paying for a really over-hyped OS that isn’t significantly faster, easier, or more reliable, but is definitely less compatible with most software from my experience.</p>
<p>As for laptop brands, I would recommend Dell, Asus or Acer, but you should shop around. I know a lot of people with HPs that are absolutely terrible. HPs seem to like to fall apart easily as well. Every bad thing I’ve heard about PCs in general could very well have stemmed from HP usage. The best deal I can find for configurations that I want is often with Dell, which I’ve found to be more reliable machines than HPs or Macs as well, but they do have some models that look like they are meant to appeal to a teenage girl who’s number 1 requirement is that her laptop come in pink, so I don’t know if their whole line is as nice as the Dells I bought have been. I just mention Asus and Acer because I’ve seen good deals on them and the people I know who have them really like them. I would avoid Sony because you will be paying for looks (which I don’t even think are that great) and keep in mind that lenovos are known for good quality, but you will pay extra for it. Also, Toshiba seems to offer mostly below average computers at average prices and average computers at above average prices.</p>
<p>Do yourself a favor and get a Thinkpad. I prefer the T series.</p>
<p>HP Elitebook and Dell Latitude series are also solid alternatives.</p>
<p>PCs. Universal in the industry.</p>
<p>Pc all the way.</p>
<p>And if you still want something that looks cool/mac-ish but isnt a mac, got with a Sony Vaio series laptop. Yes you pay a small premium compared to dell/hp, but they are built like rocks very solid machines and they also look very cool.</p>
<p>Steve Jobs’ stellar efforts aside, PCs, except in graphic design areas, dominate the business environment.</p>
<p>The usual suspects, (HP,Dell, Acer - I find Sony to have too much pre-installed bloatware), are all pretty much the same. Check with your college computer science office, they usually have deals for students and staff on buying computers, (typically warranties are longer and the software is dirt cheap to free).</p>
<p>PC
Lenovo ThinkPad
There is not substitute!</p>