I've been out of the loop when it comes to hardware for a few years now, so I'm not sure what is considered good these days. I'll soon be a mechanical engineering student, so I will need a laptop for college. I'm in the US.
- Budget is $700 ish
- I will be running Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, as well as editing video occasionally. I will not really be gaming on the laptop very much as I have a desktop for that.
- Dedicated GPU would be nice, and at least 8gb of ram.
- SSD only or SSD + HDD would be ideal
- minimum 15" 1080P screen. It doesn't need to be color accurate, touchscreen or anything.
- I'd like at least 5 hours of battery life as well, but not sure what to expect out of laptops these days, I've never expected more than 2 hours before.
The best thing specs-wise I think I have found is the Asus K570ZD, but many reviews seem to mention build quality issues and networking issues. Any input on that?