Brianna
I am going to college and need a laptop. I will need to run engineering programs, one being Inventor 2013 from Autodesk. I would love it to be lightweight and not bigger than 14". Any suggestions?
Would it make more sense to get a desktop computer and then a tablet or cheap laptop for taking notes in class and such?
Answer
If you are going to be running heavy multi-threaded or memory intensive programs and applications (and you will be) you are going to need a fairly beefy and expensive laptop.
Are you sure you want to get a laptop for running these programs? Because they can be very pricey. And I mean VERY pricey ($3000-4000 range). A comparable desktop computer is significantly cheaper. You will pay through the nose to have equal power in a more compact device.
The four main things you'll want to make sure you have covered are the laptops screen resolution (min. of 1920x1080, but higher is even better), the CPU (the best Intel i7 you can possibly afford, the new Haswell line would be great like an Intel Core i7-4930MX), the RAM memory (you'll want a lot, at least 16GB maybe even 32GB of minimally 1600GHz speed), and the graphics card (this is what's really going to cost you big bucks, depending on what you get- a gaming based card with compute abilities, or a workstation card). Again, all of these parts are more expensive in a laptop, as opposed to their desktop counterparts. So it would have been helpful if you had listed your budget.
And a powerful laptop capable of running heavy duty programs is NOT going to be light-its going weigh a ton and a 14" inch screen will be hard to find. So again, you might want to re-think getting a beefy and powerful laptop and go with a powerful desktop workstation to do you projects and homework on, and a cheaper laptop for general use and writing papers.
I would check with the school and your professors and see what they recommend before you spend a lot of money.
Look at Sager's website as they make high-end super powerful laptops and you are able to configure them to you liking.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/
If you are going to be running heavy multi-threaded or memory intensive programs and applications (and you will be) you are going to need a fairly beefy and expensive laptop.
Are you sure you want to get a laptop for running these programs? Because they can be very pricey. And I mean VERY pricey ($3000-4000 range). A comparable desktop computer is significantly cheaper. You will pay through the nose to have equal power in a more compact device.
The four main things you'll want to make sure you have covered are the laptops screen resolution (min. of 1920x1080, but higher is even better), the CPU (the best Intel i7 you can possibly afford, the new Haswell line would be great like an Intel Core i7-4930MX), the RAM memory (you'll want a lot, at least 16GB maybe even 32GB of minimally 1600GHz speed), and the graphics card (this is what's really going to cost you big bucks, depending on what you get- a gaming based card with compute abilities, or a workstation card). Again, all of these parts are more expensive in a laptop, as opposed to their desktop counterparts. So it would have been helpful if you had listed your budget.
And a powerful laptop capable of running heavy duty programs is NOT going to be light-its going weigh a ton and a 14" inch screen will be hard to find. So again, you might want to re-think getting a beefy and powerful laptop and go with a powerful desktop workstation to do you projects and homework on, and a cheaper laptop for general use and writing papers.
I would check with the school and your professors and see what they recommend before you spend a lot of money.
Look at Sager's website as they make high-end super powerful laptops and you are able to configure them to you liking.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/
Are these laptop specs good for casual/semi-core gaming?
Slushy
After some research and assistance, I have gone onto Dell's website in order to customize a laptop. I found one with the processing power I would like at a somewhat decent price. The laptop is a XPS 15 Model. I have no doubt this laptop will be beyond excellent for my college work starting this fall, but will these specs cut it for gaming? I don't play super demanding games like Battlefield 3, but I would like to play SimCity when it comes out in 2013.
2nd Generation Intel® Core⢠i7-2760QM processor (2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz)
6GB Dual Channel DDR3 1333MHz
750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M 2GB graphics with Optimusa
Also, what games WILL I be able to run on this? Just a few examples would nice.
Answer
They're certainly not bad, but check out canyourunit.com for games in question.
They're certainly not bad, but check out canyourunit.com for games in question.
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