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Once again - a question about purchasing a new laptop!!
I am a student, looking to purchase a laptop with the capabilities of running CAD and Revit. I've looked up the requirements, but I want some opinions on:
- Graphics card
- Brands
- Issues had with said brands of computers/graphics cards
- Whether or not touchscreen would be benificial/useful
I have had a MacBook for the last 5 years, but I'm thinking a non-apple product is the way to go (lower prices, easier to run programs etc...) Since I haven't had anything but Apple personally, trying to decide between Lenovo, Hp, Dell or anything else is difficult.
Any and all opinions are welcome. TIA
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I’m no computer guy, but I'm extraordinarily happy with my newest laptop. I use Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2016.
Dell Precision M6800 CTO Base
32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L
Nvidia® Quadro® K5100M w/8GB GDDR5
Intel® Core™ i7-4710MQ (Quad Core 2.50GHz, 3.50GHz Turbo, 6MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600)
512GB 2.5inch Serial ATA Solid State Drive
512GB 2.5inch Serial ATA Solid State Drive
Raid0 on Primary HDD and Secondary HDD
17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee
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It won't be cheap, but I always get Dell laptops. I have had a few minor issues with them, but since they are easy to get parts for, I still prefer Dell. HP's are nightmare's waiting to happen.
The specs listed above are top notch. As a student you probably don't need two hard-drives and could step down to an Intel 360Gb Solid state, no RAID. That should save several hundred right there.
You just need a processor that can in some way, get over the 3.0Ghz mark. If you plan on doing alot of rendering, get something with as many processor cores as possible. quad-core is now a bare minimum.
4Gb graphics card will do just fine, especially from nVidia. (not AMD)
Cheers!
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