Workstation Laptop

[maforget]

I'm looking for a workstation laptop for Autocad, Solid Works and 3D rendering, budget 2000$, Would like advise on which laptop/brand would best fit my needs.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Lenovo W-series, only one in the business worth the money.

[LogicalDrm]

Imo Dells business series laptops are really good value for money.

[Sheldon_King]

Lenovo W-series, only one in the business worth the money.

Or the HP zBook, which having used both Thinkpads and HP workstations, I would not buy another thinkpad (the build quality is just not there anymore compared to the competition). 

 

@maforget

Look at Dell Precision, HP zBook, and Lenovo Thinkpad w500 series and pick whichever you like the looks of better. The performance is going to be pretty much equal between all of the brands, and unless you drop your laptop off a truck daily or work inside an EMP generator, the build quality will be fine enough on any workstation laptop. 

[niqxsh]

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-15-9530/pd?oc=cnx9516&model_id=xps-15-9530 - Try to find this laptop on the US version of the dell website, it's pretty good and has great specs for your CAD work.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Do NOT buy a Dell Precision, I cannot warn you enough! You will regret it! 6 Months down the line your 3500 dollar machine will run it it was a Pentium 2. They have major thermal problems! (That cannot be fixed by a cleaning)

[niqxsh]

Do NOT buy a Dell Precision, I cannot warn you enough! You will regret it! 6 Months down the line your 3500 dollar machine will run it it was a Pentium 2. They have major thermal problems! (That cannot be fixed by a cleaning)

Is this a problem with the dell precision series? Or just a specific model? Where did you get this informations from?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Is this a problem with the dell precision series? Or just a specific model? Where did you get this informations from?

 

Personal experience. I've owned three different models in a 2½ year period as they were replaced under warranty. I cannot take away from them that their support was absolutely excellent, they always handed me a new model no questions asked (which might be because they were aware of the problem?), but the PCs themselves were utter shit.

 

(To clarify these were 3 different 15 inch model as the line had always been refreshed in between me receiving one and it dying on me)

[niqxsh]

Personal experience. I've owned three different models in a 2½ year period as they were replaced under warranty. I cannot take away from them that their support was absolutely excellent, they always handed me a new model no questions asked (which might be because they were aware of the problem?), but the PCs themselves were utter shit.

 

(To clarify these were 3 different 15 inch model as the line had always been refreshed in between me receiving one and it dying on me)

Yeah that does sound bad.

[PaulKolby]

the asus rog g750jz even though it is big and meant for gaming it would be a nice workstation computer too it has great cooling and linus even said it could be a great workstation laptop and it has lots of power

 

 

 

[simson0606]

the dell precision m3800 is  a great option