What is a good and stylish laptop for an architecture student?

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Hi I am an architecture student on my fourth year in university, and my Alienware m9700 that my cousin recently gave me just crashed on me! Well I've had it for about 4 months but he had it previously for 4 years. I think it would be better to just get a new laptop instead of replacing its hard drive, so what would be good?

I use programs such as Google Sketchup 8 with renderer plug-ins like Podium and IDx,as well as AutoCAD 2011 and Revit 2012. My main concern is that my laptop would crash when rendering so hopefully my new one won't crash anymore.

On the stylish part, I want to spend at most $1700 for a name brand such as Sony, Dell or Asus. ANy other brands would be great but I'll definitely take a look at them before buying. Thanks!
I currently own a 15 inch Macbook Pro with 500GB memory, but I find that on parallels my AutoCAD is so slow so I need a separate PC laptop. Thanks

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I really like this one from Dell.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390913,00.asp

Or a MacBook Air

MAC VS. PC?? BEST LAPTOP FOR INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENT?? Help?

Lauren

I'm transfering to CSUS (sac state) in the fall for interior design and need to buy a new laptop, below are my specifics on what I need...

Based off this- what woul u recommend MAC OR PC??
BELOW ARE THE MIN REQ. FOR SOFTWARE THAT I'LL NEED TO HAVE

Software Minimum Requirements:

§ AutoCAD 2012 OR AutoCAD Architecture 2012 (Autodesk provides a free 1-year license to students)
§ Revit Architecture 2012 (Autodesk provides a free 1-year license to students)
§ Adobe Photoshop (any version)
§ Adobe Acrobat X Pro (or other PDF Creator) § Google SketchUp Pro (current version
available)
§ Podium (current version available)
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BELOW ARE THE PC REQ

PC Hardware Minimum Requirements:

§ Windows Vista OR Windows 7 Intel® CoreTM2 Duo 2.4 GHz or equivalent processor
§ 4 GB RAM (on-board memory)
§ 80GB Hard Drive
§ 256MB Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M Turbo
cache or better
§ Wireless 802.11g
§ 3 yr limited warranty + 3 year NBD on-site
service

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BELOW ARE THE APPLE REQ

Apple Hardware Minimum Requirements:

§ Apple MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo (bootable in Windows) or MacAir
§ 4 GB RAM (on-board memory) § 80GB Hard Drive
§ 3yr Applecare warranty

WHICH BRAND IS BETTER? I'VE NEVER HAD AN APPLE LAPTOP, HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO A PC?

THANK YOU FOR UR HELP:)

Asked by Lauren

Answer
macintosh

they are great for art students but terrible for everything else.

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