According to me for accounting students you need some of hte best soft skill of

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft office

Talley

Hence if you have good experience on your domain tools then you can use any laptop.

But some of the great Brand laptop for accounting students

Acer Aspire 5 Core i5

HP 15 Core i5 7th Gen

Lenovo Ideapad 320E Core i5 7th Gen

Dell XPS 13 Core i5 8th Gen

Asus TUF Core i5 8th Gen

Apple MacBook Air Core i5 5th Gen

These are some of best brand laptops for useful for accounting students.

Always go with

Higher RAM

Screen size suits you

Light Weight