What Laptop Should I get for CAD/CAM
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Hey guys,
I had a surface pro 4 and it could run fusion 360 and other software but there was a definite lag. Fusion 360 even told me my graphics card was not good enough. I am not replacing this surface pro 4 due to damage and would love some input.
I am an engineering student and I have $1800 to spend (thank you insurance).
I went to best buy and the person I spoke to didnt really trust dells, so they turned me to the lenovo yoga 720 with 4k display, 16gb ram, 512 ssd, and its 7th gen i7 with a really good video card, i think it is GeForce gtx 1050.
The other option was the HP Spectre x360, with 4k display, 16gb ram, 512 ssd, and its 8th gen i7 and a good video card (not as good as the lenovo aparently) with a nvidia mx150 2gb.
This lady gives a great review of them both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmOf68y96s
And the takeaway that I have, is for ultimate video card and gaming, go with the lenovo, BUT it only has like 6 hours of battery life, on mild use, and I have seen other articles about throttling due to temperature, where as the HP had double the battery life.
In that same article though, they did talk about a Dell XPS 15 that did really well, but the lady at the store said she had been hearing about battery problems with dells. (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3220519/laptop-computers/lenovo-yoga-720-review.html)
I purposely am buying a 2-in-1 because I like being able to take notes especially in one note, for my lectures.
Your input would be greatly appreciated on what you think would be some good choices and why!
