Hey everyone. As the title says, I'm an aerospace engineering student who's going to need a computer than can handle light to possibly moderate CAD work, MATLAB, and possibly Solidworks etc. I'm in the United States and have been shopping around looking for something around 1400 dollars, I'd like it to be of decent build quality and have a nice keyboard. I'd also like to carry it out of my dorm to do work so it shouldn't be super heavy (~5 lbs lower the better), Battery life should be longer than 4 hours. I like to do light gaming in my free time so that should be taken into consideration as well but its not a requirement.
Like I said in the beginning, I've done a bit of snooping around and a big question for me is whether or not I should buckle down and find something with Quadro graphics or stick to a high end Geforce GPU. I understand the Quadros are optimized for CAD and 3D rendering software but I'm wondering if I can get away with a Geforce GPU to dodge the higher prices of workstations. And if a Geforce GPU would be enough, would it be ridiculous to expect an mx150 to be able to do the job?
Thanks for your time and if there's anything that isn't clear ask away.
