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Which laptop - 3rd Year AT Student - CAD, Revit, Photoshop

I need a new laptop for uni, mainly using cad, revit and photoshop.
Price wise, I was looking at spending roughly £1k-1.6.
before its mentioned, It's a laptop I need, so no pcs.

the three laptops I've been looking at are..

HP Omen 15-5001na
Lenovo Y50-70
Macbook Pro 15"

I am pretty apple integrated, using an iphone and ipad, not sure if this makes a difference or not.

Any help would be appreciated.
Original post by hamish272
I need a new laptop for uni, mainly using cad, revit and photoshop.
Price wise, I was looking at spending roughly £1k-1.6.
before its mentioned, It's a laptop I need, so no pcs.

the three laptops I've been looking at are..

HP Omen 15-5001na
Lenovo Y50-70
Macbook Pro 15"

I am pretty apple integrated, using an iphone and ipad, not sure if this makes a difference or not.

Any help would be appreciated.


You've already decided you want a Mac so don't waste our time.

Why d you need a laptop?
Original post by Mad Vlad
You've already decided you want a Mac so don't waste our time.

Why d you need a laptop?


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One of my finer qualities.
what software are you using for CAD, autocad? if so autocad takes advantage of CUDA so a GPU Will really speed things up. If you've got the cash then go for something like this maybe.
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defiance-15/
a 4k screen, the single best GPU on the market (really will speed up autocad renders) 16GB of RAM, I7 processor and if you like a boot drive SSD for just over $1500.
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Original post by Mad Vlad
You've already decided you want a Mac so don't waste our time.

Why d you need a laptop?


If I had already chosen which one to get, why would I be here?
I came here to get some opinions on which laptop would be best for me out of these, or any others you recommend.

I need a laptop rather than a pc so i can use it on the train/in class at uni
Are you sure you need one? If you're in 3rd year at uni then not long before you finish. Also, all Autodesk software will expire shortly after finishing you're course as its on student license, one if the pitfalls of Autodesk software. To get the full license will cost thousands and will only last so long anyway.
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Original post by Stewie2011
Are you sure you need one? If you're in 3rd year at uni then not long before you finish. Also, all Autodesk software will expire shortly after finishing you're course as its on student license, one if the pitfalls of Autodesk software. To get the full license will cost thousands and will only last so long anyway.


Yeah I do need one. My work says they will sort out getting autocad etc for me post uni.
I just wasnt sure which one of these would be best for the software I mentioned earlier.
Original post by hamish272
If I had already chosen which one to get, why would I be here?
I came here to get some opinions on which laptop would be best for me out of these, or any others you recommend.

I need a laptop rather than a pc so i can use it on the train/in class at uni


Do you really use it on the train? Laptop users in class aren't paying attention to the class.

A desktop would offer considerably better bang for buck and choice.

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