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Recommendations for buying a new computer for work

215 sats \ 14 comments \ @satgoob 19 Jun tech

I'm looking to buy a new computer for myself, a solopreneur investor that mainly works in Excel, Word, and Powerpoint. I'm also managing multiple tabs and stuff for tracking and contacting leads on Hubspot, and I use Teams / Zoom video call for work. Nothing crazy going on on my computer, but I wanted to see what you all think are the specs I need to have a fast-running computer for this. Less expensive is better, but I know some of the lower-end models will crap out or be slow, even for the programs I use.

Any thoughts on what PC to buy?

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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic 19 Jun

The less expensive option is to simply make a backup on an external drive of the important stuff including browser settings. Then install linux in your old machine, it will perform much better.

I'd add to replace microzoz programs with open source ones, libreoffice.org and openoffice.org are great alternatives and allow exporting xls and docs in case your clients need it. Alternatively, cryptpad.org offers great online alternative as collaborative online workspace, everything encrypted, for real.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @bookguy 23h

Bought a used thinkpad for $100, and installed Linux on it. Works great for my needs

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @teemupleb 22h

I only have bad experiences buying refurbished laptops. They’re slow very fast. Didn’t work long for my limited needs.

35 sats \ 1 reply \ @gandules 19 Jun

I would get a https://system76.com

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @3a42879d5f 20h

+1 the system76 recommendation. A few years ago I sold my System76 Bonobo WS because I got a desktop gifted to me, but then a few weeks later I started to miss the laptop. My only complaints with it were the fan noise and the 4K display. It didn't play nice with my multi-monitor setup, where one screen was 1080p and the laptop was 4K. But the laptop itself was very powerful, great for Docker/K8s/emulation and a workhorse that never let me down.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @byzantine 16h

i'm still a apple desktop maxi and and a huge fan of the mac studio especially if you have any desire to run local LLMs the m4 and m3 ultra are fantastic processors even though you will pay a lot for internal storage although you can get big external thunderbolt drives

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @3a42879d5f 20h

I've been lusting over https://frame.work/ .. I still don't have one, too broke, but I want it as my next computer.

I hear good things about Lenovo X1 Carbon.

System76 is great too. I had a Bonobo WS that I used for years and it was one of the best computers I've owned.

For your use case, you could probably find something on Newegg in the $600-$800 range that would do everything you need. Granted, I'm a Linux user and I have no idea what kind of computer you need to run Windows.

For multitasking, more RAM is always better. Nowadays I don't run anything less than 32GB. IDK anything about modern processors, but when I'm shopping I always use https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ to compare the processors of computers I'm interested in.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02fb860cbc 23h freebie

Nice

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @022fbc9cef 19 Jun

Just get a MacBook Air

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bataroot 19 Jun

Just bought this one https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-ser9-pro-365

A good powerful little machine. I installed linux on it, but i think it comes preinstalled with windows.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 19 Jun

🤠 https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+mini+pc

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 19 Jun

Laptop or desktop?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satgoob OP 19 Jun

Good point - need a laptop

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Jun

If you're not a mac person, I personally like the direction of framework. They make everything easy to customize and upgrade and tinker with. Everything is a bit bespoke, so you're kind of banking on them continuing to exist, but I'd guess they won't be disappearing soon and IIRC all their specs are public so given enough time we should see after-market sellers emerge.