Laptops for Data Analysts | Specifications + Recommendations

A good laptop can be hard to come by. Let's take a look at the things you should be looking out for when purchasing your next laptop!

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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Laptop Specifications
6:13 Looking at Laptop Options/Recommendations
10:41 My New Laptop

[nokunato]

This video just came at right time. Got a new Job and need a new laptop. Thanks...

[LukeBarousse]

Heck yeah, love this topic Alex! As a fellow data analyst, I definitely agree with your recommended specs. I however typically prioritize RAM over Storage, but that's just me.... Keep up the content my friend!

[MaslinMonty]

One thing to note about the processors are that i5/i7 doesn't denote "newness" but rather the "class" of processor. Intel's i7 branding has been around a decade, but an i7 from 2010 is WAY slower than an i5 today. That being said, all the ones you pointed out, or all of the ones that can be bought new will typically be from the last 1 or 2 years.

[rudymoralesjr]

As an avid gamer, I'd recommend the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro or Lenovo Legion 7 coming later in 2021. It has all the things you're looking for, and a 16:10 aspect ratio screen, so it's a slightly taller display commonly found on productivity machines like the Dell XPS laptops and Apple MacBooks. So you can fit more lines of data vertically than traditional 16:9 aspect ratio screens. LG Gram 16 would be decent too if weight and fan noise is a concern.

[darktealglasses]

1. 512GB storage
2. RAM: 16GB
3. Processor: Intel i7 / AMD​ Ryzen 5
4. Screen size: 15.6"

[chanduplal]

50k that's fast!! I still remember wishing you for hitting 10k on this channel!! Congrats bro.

[pana]

Sounds like my current laptop will do 🙄 I was hoping you'd give me an excuse to splurge 😂

[christinekellner]

Thank you for this. I am thinking about taking my first steps toward pursuing a data analytics career after exiting the work world for a while to raise my young kids. I was just researching last night different computers. This came at the perfect time!

[Cupjive]

Thank you Alex for going an extra mile all the time, you really make the transition to Data career very easy, one can easily overlook the significance of a good machine in this career and that can be overwhelming through the process of studying, much appreciated Sir!

[mochaspyce]

Can I just Alex, you are the MAN! You literally have a video for every question I have! Thank you so much!!! 🙌🏾

[altynaikurmanalieva]

Want to say thank you, your channel become a part of my daily routine. I've got a lot of new information about data analysis, just starting my journey with Google courses. Thank you 🤗 I wish you millions of subscribers

[msoubagleh]

Wow I am glad that I found your channel as I am welling to enrol in a data analyst course. I am sure that your channel will help me a lot. Alex thank you very much for all your amazing videos. Keep up the good work

[litaogechi]

It seems whenever I'm confused about a thing concerning data analytics and i open my YT app, boom Alex is there with the solution.
Thanks alot for this video

[rotan]

I’ve got MacBook Pro M1 with 16gb ram and its awesome. It calculated my graduation project in about 40 min, where good laptop with Windows did it in 1.5 h. Cons: no Windows, Linux better for Big Data, Microsoft Power BI will not work, usually companies are Windows based, price. Im from Poland and that’s my experience after working for couple bigger companies, maybe in western companies it is easier to work on Mac.

[LuisSanchez-hrfu]

Such a big fan of yours. Thanks to you I'm trying my best to getting into Data Analytics and Data Science even though I can't afford any of these laptops. I'll keep you updated to all of the people who read this comment hahaahahahaha. Lots of love Alex, thanks for your advises, I feel like you're my biggest mentor ever.

[kathleensnyder]

I just want to say, your videos have been extremely helpful to me. Im a senior computer science major right now, and I'm trying to find more independent work/ways to specialize my skills so that i can get into data analytics when i graduate in december. I've been binging all your videos that last couple weeks lol. I was so relieved when i found your channel, you have everything I've been wondering, and I had no one to turn to since most people in my field focus more on the coding side, but I've always been much more interested in the math/theory side myself. (:

[sylviaobilor]

I smiled all through this video. Thank you 😊 Alex

[usuallyclueless]

Nice video!
About the processor, i3-i5-i7-i9 are classes, and does not denote how new they are. A first gen i7 (from 2009 or so) is painfully slow by today's standards.
Even a 7th gen i7 (from 2016) is comparable to a 10th gen i3 from 2020 in terms of performance.
The current gen is 11th on Intel and 5000 series on AMD (yours is the 4800h, which is still an absolute monster even though its one gen old.)
but most stuff sold on the market are generally new (3 generations old MAX).
On laptops, the processors with the 'H' suffix are high powered ones while the 'U' series are power saving processors used in thin and light laptops that don't have much cooling potential. The U series consume less power, but are also comparatively slow.

[michaelsabatino]

Alex I just graduated with a masters in data science. Do you have any tips for someone trying to break into the field?

[khalil]

My MacBook Pro hasn’t been compatible with my new Data journey so this video is helpful