Laptop For CAD Workflow

[Moon Rabbie]

Hi guys,

 

I am looking for a laptop that will primarily be used for completing CAD projects. I do not have a budget but I do ride my bicycle to work so a slightly lighter laptop would be appreciated but I do understand that there will always be a certain amount of heft to a powerful laptop. What recommendations do you have?

 

Cheers,

Moon Rabbie

[genexis_x]

Where are you from? Usage? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours? Need good sRGB display?

[Moon Rabbie]

I'm in Australia and the main usage is Autodesk Inventor, Ansys, and in-house model generation software for designing and virtually testing fluid flow for propulsion systems during combustion. Preferred weight would be around 3kg with a battery life of at least 4 hours. The biggest restricting factor is that I need it to fit comfortably in a backpack as I cycle to and from work. A sRGB display is not a necessity as I am primarily working with a single material and single color models but a nice display is always a welcome addition.

[genexis_x]

13 minutes ago, Moon Rabbie said:

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Thanks for the reply. One question, does your workload benefit from Quadro GPU?

[Moon Rabbie]

Yes there is some benefit on the simulation side of things but for the design side not as much as the major bottle neck is in calculating the geometry of the fluid channels which is mainly handled by the CPU.

[genexis_x]

So the workload is more CPU dependent?

 

If budget isn't a limitation, I would go for 'true' mobile workstation like Thinkpad P52

[Moon Rabbie]

Yeah its definitely more CPU intensive then GPU intensive. Thank you for the recommendation.

[genexis_x]

32 minutes ago, Moon Rabbie said:

more CPU intensive

You might to consider Metabox N950TP with i7-8700 (yes, desktop CPU), however it seems like it's not available anymore

[Moon Rabbie]

I'll have a look to see if I can find it but so far I haven't had any luck looking around.