i3 7100U + 4GB DDR4 for semi-heavy software

[Guest]

Finding a lightweight and slim laptop for-

 

• Occasional medium quality Adobe Ps Rendering 
• ArcGIS works
• 2D AutoDesk.

   

- I had HP Pavilion x360 in mind but it got a i3 Kaby Lake i3 7100U (With 4GB DDR4 2133 mhz RAM). Priced $729(!!) in a HP authorized store in India.

 

AutoDesk is a power hungry software and I can't  go above $750 for the laptop.

 

I am all ear for any other suggestions.

 

[Garett1]

You arent going to get anywhere with 4gb of RAM

[Aaronius_Leonius]

5 minutes ago, Anirban said:

Finding a lightweight and slim laptop for-

 

• Occasional medium quality Adobe Ps Rendering 
• ArcGIS works
• 2D AutoDesk.

   

- I had HP Pavilion x360 in mind but it got a i3 Kaby Lake i3 7100U (With 4GB DDR4 2133 mhz RAM). Priced $729(!!) in a HP authorized store in India.

 

AutoDesk is a power hungry software and I can't  go above $750 for the laptop.

 

I am all ear for any other suggestions.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-53VG-Laptop-Windows/dp/B01DT4A2R4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484253412&sr=8-1&keywords=aspire+e15

 

It isn't Kaby lake but you won't really loose any performance with this thing. You are getting an SSD with it too but I do recommend picking up one of these with it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYNQXCP/ref=twister_B01MFAITZ1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

You will appreciate the extra storage.

[DKL]

I would want for those purposes 16GB RAM(8 Minimum). However, I could see only 6-8 if you were doing only one task at a time for the most part. More RAM = more ability to multitask. At 6 you can get 1 thing done at a time for certain. At 2-4 you are starving some of the more intensive applications. At 16 you're singing ~hakuna matata~!

Also look up the minimum specs of each program. Make sure the laptop is over those specs.

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, DKL said:

I would want for those purposes 16GB RAM(8 Minimum). However, I could see only 6-8 if you were doing only one task at a time for the most part. More RAM = more ability to multitask. At 6 you can get 1 thing done at a time for certain. At 2-4 you are starving some of the more intensive applications. At 16 you're singing ~hakuna matata~!

Also look up the minimum specs of each program. Make sure the laptop is over those specs.

I did that for ArcGIS but they just says 2.2 GHZ. Nothing else.

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, Garett1 said:

You arent going to get anywhere with 4gb of RAM

You should never apply for a jury's role. 

[Aaronius_Leonius]

11 minutes ago, Anirban said:

You should never apply for a jury's role. 

4gb of ram is not enough for what you want. Sure, you will probably be able to run them but they won't work at all. Just go with the $500 acer gaming laptop I linked to earlier and throw in a 1tb hdd for storage. 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, AA-RonRosen said:

4gb of ram is not enough for what you want. Sure, you will probably be able to run them but they won't work at all. Just go with the $500 acer gaming laptop I linked to earlier and throw in a 1tb hdd for storage. 

I was checking that out. I am from India and it's hard to get one here. I depend on Amazon.in and MD Computers.

[Aaronius_Leonius]

3 hours ago, Anirban said:

I was checking that out. I am from India and it's hard to get one here. I depend on Amazon.in and MD Computers.

I will take a look