Architecture university

What should i get a laptop or ipad for architecture? And which model and brand?

You need to ask your university which software they use. Some cad software only works on microsoft machines. A dedicated graphics card and maximum ram will always help

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Pedr0

Original post by alishbah006

What should i get a laptop or ipad for architecture? And which model and brand?

get a windows laptop with a dedicated graphics card and at least 16gb of ram, you'll need it for CAD software and rendering
what's your budget?

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alishbah006

Original post by Pedr0

get a windows laptop with a dedicated graphics card and at least 16gb of ram, you'll need it for CAD software and rendering
what's your budget?

Just not TOOO expensive, it can be a bit pricey. Should i get a touch screen one?

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Pedr0

Original post by alishbah006

Just not TOOO expensive, it can be a bit pricey. Should i get a touch screen one?

I don't think you'll need a touch screen, only reason I could think of would be to do digital drawing, but whenever I needed to do that in uni I just used a graphics tablet. (much cheaper)
Specific £ budget would be appreciated even a rough one so i can give a proper recommendation. but in terms of things to prioritise for an architecture laptop, you will mainly be using it to do plans/sections in cad or revit (for which more RAM and high-powered CPU = better), and doing renderings (for which you need a good dedicated graphics card)

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Clearing and Applications Advisor

In general- it’s worth waiting until you start your course to take advantage of student discounts on hardware (and free software from your university).