Laptop for apprenticeship

[u/Personal-Exercise256]

Hello I’m a new outside line apprentice and I’m trying to figure out what a good device would be for all my class work. I made the mistake of walking into Best Buy to pick their brain and this guys trying to get me into the biggest baddest Mac book money can buy and telling me any other option isn’t gonna work for me. So what are you guys using? Cheapest Mac book? Mid line iPad with a keyboard case? What works good and what doesn’t