In your case, I would probably suggest the cheapest PC build you can get away with just for b-school, and then once you graduate, you can switch back to Macs if you wish. Especially if you're in b-school, software like Parallels, Windows 7 (unless if you really want 8), and MS-Office suites are offered to you at an educational (discounted) price. It basically turns your Mac into a dual-boot system, and all your Windows files are stored in just one folder on your Mac. Mind you, for those out there who already have a Mac and you don't want to buy another computer for school, you can simply run Parallels (software costs around $70 or so) which allows you to run Windows on your Mac (I've done that, and it works fine). If you are unsure, or you are indifferent between a Mac and PC, then go with a PC for b-school. These tend to be more case method based, or group projects where most of the work will be presentational (reports, charts, powerpoint decks, rudimentary spreadsheet work, etc). electives, then it won't really make much difference between a Mac and PC. If you see yourself taking more marketing, strategy, org behavior, etc. Excel is okay for the Mac and it won't affect your productivity in most b-school classes where you'll be putting together basic spreadsheets, but again if you're taking some modeling intensive classes, you'll find that Excel for PC to be easier to work with.
If you're planning on taking a ton of finance electives (or more quantitative, Excel-heavy electives) - then go with a PC. It comes down to what you anticipate your major or courseload to be. Until the past few years or so, it was PC all the way in b-school (disclaimer: I'm a Mac guy). Anyone with some tech savvy or experience using a Mac to build out models care to opine? Appreciate it! or would I better off buying a decent PC laptop?įundamentally, the main issue is ability to model / use Office products on Mac. I understand you can partition the hard-drive (if that's even the correct term?) and that may help, as would having a standard PC keyboard that you can plug in. extensive financial modeling), and obviously shortcuts and things like that are challenging with an Apple product. However, I also expect to be using Excel / PPT extensively for school (incl. The question is, what do people recommend? I do like the Macbook Air as it's super light and relatively small, and I can see that having the most value to me post-MBA as the Apple interface is great. I'll be headed to business school this fall, and I am currently without a laptop (had a Macbook Pro 13" from college but has since died). Apologies in advance as I'm relatively tech illiterate, so may be a dumb question.
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