Aerospace engineering: Beefy laptop or custom PC?
Hi folks, Robin here,
I'm faced with a dilemma, my apprenticeship necessitates the use of MATLAB and Solidworks, and I'd also like to get into some gaming. Hence, I shall need some increased graphics power that my venerable Asus cannot deliver.
What would be the better option for me: a bulky workstation-class or gaming laptop, or sticking with a more portable machine for daily use and building a custom rig that I can run large models on at home (remoting into it if necessary). Would definitely consider Mac too, especially the new M4 Mini or a Macbook Pro. Would appreciate input from those with experience running beefy laptops/remoting.
I'm faced with a dilemma, my apprenticeship necessitates the use of MATLAB and Solidworks, and I'd also like to get into some gaming. Hence, I shall need some increased graphics power that my venerable Asus cannot deliver.
What would be the better option for me: a bulky workstation-class or gaming laptop, or sticking with a more portable machine for daily use and building a custom rig that I can run large models on at home (remoting into it if necessary). Would definitely consider Mac too, especially the new M4 Mini or a Macbook Pro. Would appreciate input from those with experience running beefy laptops/remoting.
(edited 1 month ago)
Surely either the educational partner or your sponsoring company should be providing the facilities to be able to use those software? I would push for that in the first instance rather than buying something out of pocket.
Normally students on a full time course at uni would do that kind of work on university provided PC clusters, while people working in those kinds of sectors would typically be provided a company PC for that purpose of needed as I understand. Therefore you ought to be entitled to the same!
Obviously in terms of the gaming angle that's up to you to figure out (and I would not suggest installing games on a company or university owned/managed PC, including laptops).
Normally students on a full time course at uni would do that kind of work on university provided PC clusters, while people working in those kinds of sectors would typically be provided a company PC for that purpose of needed as I understand. Therefore you ought to be entitled to the same!
Obviously in terms of the gaming angle that's up to you to figure out (and I would not suggest installing games on a company or university owned/managed PC, including laptops).
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