Laptop for Engineering Student

[legacytp]

I’m a high school student right now, but I’m getting my laptop for college now. What laptop should I get? Here are my restrictions:

 

- Lightweight

- Long battery life

- Can run intensive programs (Solidworks, Matlab, Autodesk Inventor, Catia, etc...)

- 512 GB SSD minimum

- Dedicated graphics card

- Max price $2000 but I’d prefer around $1200~1500

 

Here is a couple wants but don’t need:

- 16 GB of RAM

- Thunderbolt 3 support

[Streetguru]

48 minutes ago, tp3208 said:

I’m a high school student right now, but I’m getting my laptop for college now. What laptop should I get? Here are my

Why thunderbolt?

Why not just get a desktop and a secondary laptop? Can always remote into the desktop as well.

A really solid desktop doesn't need to go past like $1200

[legacytp]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Why thunderbolt?

Why not just get a desktop and a secondary laptop? Can always remote into the desktop as well.

A really solid desktop doesn't need to go past like $1200

I mean Thunderbolt isn't a requirement (changed it), but it's a nice to have. It allows me to use one cable to connect to multiple devices (charger, external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.).

 

I can't always remote desktop into it, because I plan on using my laptop over the summers for internships (I can't bring my desktop with me). I have a desktop right now, but I need a laptop that I can use that isn't dependent on a desktop for processing power.

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, tp3208 said:

I mean Thunderbolt isn't a requirement (changed it), but it's a nice to have. It allows me to use one cable to connect to

USB Type C should have most of that covered by itself now I think, or anything that isn't a mac will have HDMI or display port outputs.

There's just a very sharp drop off in terms of value past like an i5 8300h + 1050ti, or i5 9300h + 1650 now I guess

Here's all of the i9 machines on newegg anyways, any kind of gaming laptop is likely to have poor battery life as well.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100006740 601313977&Order=PRICE

Or just get like any kind of workstation thinkpad maybe, but then your price goes pretty high.