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Need some feedback on this laptop. Looking for a good laptop for my son starting college in the fall, going for electrical engineering. Most likely will continue for his masters too. Need a solid laptop that will last through college. I am thinking that some of the CAD programs will use a lot of ram and storage.
Need some feedback on this laptop. Looking for a good laptop for my son starting college in the fall, going for electrical engineering. Most likely will continue for his masters too. Need a solid laptop that will last through college. I am thinking that some of the CAD programs will use a lot of ram and storage.
You can get a pretty good laptop with a dedicated GPU for less than $1,000. Look for a 4060 Mobile. 4050 would be okay, but is not as fast. Both have 8 GB of memory. Might be hard to find one with as much system RAM.
If you look up the posts by the poster (Dr.Wajahat), you will have many different options. He's a prolific poster and seems to have his pulse on all the computer and laptop deals. I decline from expressing a preference for a company. Some have a better reputation than others for customer service and quality. Corners are often cut in the display. Make sure it is an IPS or a good OLED display, with a decent % of color coverage.
Need some feedback on this laptop. Looking for a good laptop for my son starting college in the fall, going for electrical engineering. Most likely will continue for his masters too. Need a solid laptop that will last through college. I am thinking that some of the CAD programs will use a lot of ram and storage.
In terms of what an engineering student will need I can tell you the bare minimum would be 24 Gb of ram, 512 Gb SSD, a CPU like Intels i5 or i7 that is 12th gen or newer, and an integrated GPU such as an intel Iris Xe or an AMD radeon iGPU would work for light CAD modeling. I had a similar spec laptop but with 16Gb of ram and that was my first bottle neck as google chrome and CAD software itself would reach my RAM limits. If he will be doing light gaming or intricate CAD models then more ram and a dedicated GPU would be needed.
Need some feedback on this laptop. Looking for a good laptop for my son starting college in the fall, going for electrical engineering. Most likely will continue for his masters too. Need a solid laptop that will last through college. I am thinking that some of the CAD programs will use a lot of ram and storage.
This is a great setup, and I do computer work for professional engineers who are doing their jobs with much less RAM than this. This should get him pretty far.
This is a great setup, and I do computer work for professional engineers who are doing their jobs with much less RAM than this. This should get him pretty far.
Thanks for that post - I would expect this computer to be overkill for engineeringz especially for a student
18 years ago I was part of a team that designed a 2.5MW wind turbine with a 80m tall tower, 96m rotor diameter, and super complex gearbox with a 1200:1 gear step (this was back when wind turbines had gearboxes) - and we were rarely starved for processor power or RAM except when doing very complex load simulations, which we would just run overnight - I would expect modern computers to easily handle these tasks that were done by hand not long ago and done by computers ~20 years ago
I wouldn't buy any laptop over $1000 that would struggle in any local AI usage.
That would mean you need TOPS and GPU. While they work, you can't overcome physics (heat and space). A MacBook with 64gb would be best bang for buck, if you need one at all.
No, 4060 should have more ram and be faster. Make sure to check the wattage of the GPU though, higher the better for performance, lower the better for battery life.
Need some feedback on this laptop. Looking for a good laptop for my son starting college in the fall, going for electrical engineering. Most likely will continue for his masters too. Need a solid laptop that will last through college. I am thinking that some of the CAD programs will use a lot of ram and storage.
If you want the machine to last, make sure you invest in Lenovo's extended warranty. You will thank yourself later.
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If you look up the posts by the poster (Dr.Wajahat), you will have many different options. He's a prolific poster and seems to have his pulse on all the computer and laptop deals. I decline from expressing a preference for a company. Some have a better reputation than others for customer service and quality. Corners are often cut in the display. Make sure it is an IPS or a good OLED display, with a decent % of color coverage.
In terms of what an engineering student will need I can tell you the bare minimum would be 24 Gb of ram, 512 Gb SSD, a CPU like Intels i5 or i7 that is 12th gen or newer, and an integrated GPU such as an intel Iris Xe or an AMD radeon iGPU would work for light CAD modeling. I had a similar spec laptop but with 16Gb of ram and that was my first bottle neck as google chrome and CAD software itself would reach my RAM limits. If he will be doing light gaming or intricate CAD models then more ram and a dedicated GPU would be needed.
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Thanks for that post - I would expect this computer to be overkill for engineeringz especially for a student
18 years ago I was part of a team that designed a 2.5MW wind turbine with a 80m tall tower, 96m rotor diameter, and super complex gearbox with a 1200:1 gear step (this was back when wind turbines had gearboxes) - and we were rarely starved for processor power or RAM except when doing very complex load simulations, which we would just run overnight - I would expect modern computers to easily handle these tasks that were done by hand not long ago and done by computers ~20 years ago
Is this gpu better than rtx4060?