Looking to purchase a new laptop for running cad and basis functions. Any suggestions or testimonials would be greatly appreciated?ÿ
I recently posted a thread inquiring:
https://surveyorconnect.com/community/software-cad-mapping/civil-3d-on-a-laptop/paged/2/
went with a simpler Acer gaming laptop with hex core i7-9750, 16GB of RAM & an NVIDIA 1660 graphics card. Have since purchased additional storage and RAM which has made it just as nice as several of the CAD dedicated workstations I??ve had in the past. Would definitely recommend a larger display for when you??re actually in the office as it helps
Over the years I've had a few Dell's, a Lenovo, and a series of HPs. I will not buy another HP.?ÿ The Lenovo was good, but I'll be going with Dell until they give me a reason not to.?ÿ
I7 processor, not much concerned about the speed rating on that.
16 Gb RAM. More if you can afford it.?ÿ 8 Gb will do if you are pressed for funds.
Solid State Drive. Preferably of the NVme m.2 variety. A really big one is not necessary, unless you are planning to get into HD scanning or photogrammetry. 256 or 512 GB is enough.
Graphics card with at least 4Gb of on-board memory
It seems that one can never have too many USB ports these days.?ÿ And I've been using the SD card port on mine for a data drive.?ÿ?ÿ
I forgot to specify Dell Precision for workstation use.
I have always been looking at Asus, Dell, HP when planning to buy a new laptop but have always settled on the Lenovo Thinkpad line. It must be the stainless steel hinges. I don't remember ever having a cracked or loose lid hinge from my past Thinkpads. They eventually slow down but no cracked hinges.
We use all HP for desktop and laptop, get them through our Autodesk reseller, so they are bespoke for Autodesk products. Laptop is HP Zbook (we have 15", probably 17" is the one to go for).
whatever software you plan to use it on, get their recommended ram and get 1.5x or 2x if not out of your budget. you won't be bogged down by paging file system of windows.
I use a Macbook Pro 16". However, that's because I do a lot of other non-survey work. It's a very nice machine for pretty well all tasks though.
For a pure Windows machine, I've been using a Dell latitude for a while for work. That does ok.
Whatever you buy make sure it has at least an NVIDIA?ÿGeForce GTX 1080 Mobile or equivalent mobile graphic card and, (if within your budget) 16gb ram. You might not ??need? it but it is used and makes things much faster. ?????ÿ
Dell, HP and Lenovo have brilliant mobile workstations that are very powerful and can be brought on site.
Currently i have Dell Precision 7730 and i am very happy with it except the battery life, but i think Dell improved that in the following model.
As you mentioned you need for a basic one so you will do well with any laptop with CPU i7 with clock speed higher than 2.5Ghz.
Number of the cores are not so important as AutoCAD utilize only 1 core for now. SSD is a must.
Hope it helps?ÿ
