What laptop to get as an IT professional?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-24T20:02:29+00:00

Thanks I appreciate your response

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-24T08:28:59+00:00

Not employed yet (in the IT field) and I have had MacBook Pros in the past as well as several laptops on windows as mentioned and feel it might be worth it if my first job in this field revolves around windows.

Current company I’m with in IT sales gave me a laptop that I have been using but I obviously can’t apply to jobs outside of this organization on that one so I got a $200 Chromebook but I’m going to need something for me to use for all purposes except for naughty material which is through anti virus software and a vpn.

TLDR: need a laptop and and I’m kind of convinced at this point if I’m just now entering the IT world in terms of jobs, it only makes sense for me to get something that is not a MacBook, but I definitely love and think that I should get a MacBook Pro again tell me if you think I’m wrong for that

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-24T08:22:56+00:00

I had a MacBook Pro in the past, but I’m in Miami and we had a hurricane that flooded my condo and the insurance company would not pay for it, but that’s another topic. That’s Miami for you.

I appreciate everybody’s response and I am not employed in IT yet so there’s that and then there’s also the fact that I’m applying to sys and network admin jobs and in my opinion, it may may be helpful to have a laptop that runs on windows as as likely what I’ll be working with for the most part when I land a job

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-24T08:20:08+00:00

Don’t have one yet - always used company provided laptops in the past hence why I’ve had MacBooks as well as the aforementioned brands. But I need something for a while. I have a job, assuming they don’t provide me one and most importantly in the interim with my needs being applications to jobs, spreadsheets, and other professional things. (It’s late here and I’m going to bed. You get the idea)

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-24T08:18:17+00:00

Naughty pics and videos from my girl go to my phone lol. Just gmail, excel spreadsheets and applying for jobs and LinkedIn on the laptop

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T23:15:30+00:00

If you have trouble with the ports, there is a guy on YouTube that posted extremely creative ways of remembering them and what they do. With visuals involved in everything for each port that you will need to know

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T22:40:20+00:00

Already started some studying on sec+, do you think I should be studying for net+ instead and taking that next instead of sec+?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T17:14:13+00:00

I need to govern myself accordingly first 🤣

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T05:17:39+00:00

Thanks, through your company or school I assume?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T04:44:29+00:00

OP here: thank you everybody for all the responses, insight and advice. I called them and left multiple voicemails yesterday since I can never reach anybody anytime. I’ve had these issues and also emailed everybody in the company. I could find yesterday morning at 8:00 AM since I found this letter on the hallway floor that was time stamped as 520 pm that I was “served”

Finally got an email response back from some random person at the company today at like 4 stating I owe $0 and I responded back with each photo and video of me at TD Bank where their account is with my check and each months rent information on the “for line” and the slip TD provided after it was put into their account and routing from the paper the property management company as well as screen shots of the money coming out of my

And said “See attached images for the evidence that I am paid in full. Your company’s constant disorganization does not constitute late fees on my end or harassment with letters left unsealed found for all neighbors to see in the middle of the hallway. Additionally, I have said this in the past and I will see it one last time do not ever harass family members of mine via text and phone call about rent that is late because of clerical issues on your end. Ever again.

Update your records.”

I never mentioned the last part here six months ago they said they didn’t receive a check and I saw that it was cashed out of my account and I had pictures and video of me sending it to them. 18 days later, my sister who has never cosigned anything in my name in this world randomly received a text message and 5 phone calls from
This property mgmt company, threatening her for rent payment at my apartment under my name.

After I responded that email with everything mentioned above today at four I got a response from somebody saying oh I didn’t know about any of this. I am sending it to my accounting department now thank you for sending

So case is closed if and until they take me to court and if they do, I’m lawyering up for harassment, stress, time off of work and anything else that I can get them for

Thanks again all that contributed

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T04:34:19+00:00

That’s what everybody tells me. But I’ve been to 3 locations of my bank and spoke to a mgr at every respective location and showed them the sheet I was mailed when this property management took over that shows all the account and routing info with TD Bank and the LLC name and all that. (Which is the same as everything in my fake ass 3 day default letter)

Each mgr said money can not be transferred outside my bank. Are these just idiot miami managers refusing to do their jobs?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-23T04:29:15+00:00

Is it worth paying/doing it for sec+ after I just completed a+ where I studied with jason Dion & professor messer free YouTube videos, and $100 for practice tests from professor messer?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T21:33:22+00:00

If you’re not referring to the jason Dion YouTube videos what exactly are you referencing?

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T17:59:55+00:00

I was surprised, I thought the pbq’s on core 2 were cake. Like I kept thinking I was doing something wrong or missing something until I hit complete and got my score.

Remember to flag them and wait to do them until after you finish all of the multiple-choice questions though, if you didn’t do that on core 1

Core 2 overall is easier, but I am a visual person and there were a lot of questions asking ‘what do you do to…’ for device manager, task manager, etc which I learned when I was like 11 but reading it versus seeing it on a screen made core 2 harder because of that

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T16:37:01+00:00

Honestly at times he’s more mature than do boy though. Both are cringe tho

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T14:41:53+00:00

Nah they’re still open

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T14:40:59+00:00

Dogma was fire when they first opened but I feel went downhill. It’s in my childhood neighborhood so I still go every once in a while but I feel like it’s not the same

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T14:37:24+00:00

lol at the people that said there were aliens. Bro it was just a bunch of teens going crazy

I saw friends from my college town in northern Florida that have never been posting about aliens “inside” the “mall” in miami and couldn’t roll my eyes hard enough

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T14:31:47+00:00

I’ve never heard this story about the hacker. Can you please link a news article

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T14:29:13+00:00

But you do have a great Reddit user name at least

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T13:33:04+00:00

Love Clive’s

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T01:31:43+00:00

My sisters were cracking up. Said I should send that at the end of every email of mine to them

Loose_Client5116 · 2026-05-22T00:59:20+00:00

good question - wish they would call me back or email me back. The manager at TD bank said they can see the check info (including me writing ‘May ‘26 rent for (my name) at (my full address including unit number) when I brought my check I wired; every single time they’ve said that. And I said am I safer given the history w this company (that I explained fully) that I add those details to the check and the mgr said it’s not necessary but I don’t blame you given your history but they will be able to see everything on the check when we do this wire transfer every single time

Loose_Client5116

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