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I have been looking around thoroughly for a good laptop to use for school but since I'm not able to find a good laptop myself, I need someone to help me.

The laptop should be able to run AutoCAD smoothly, have an i7,  1 - 2Kgs, at least 15" and a good battery life and possibly some light gaming.

hopefully, I can find something good.

 

I've been looking around at the Asus ROG Strix GL702 and Asus UX390UA but the Rog has poor battery life and I'm not sure if the UX390UA will be able to run AutoCAD.

So please give me your suggestions thank you in advance 

 

Btw, my price range is about S$1.7 - S$2.2 (that's SGD FYI)

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Dell XPS 15, amazing battery life, and decent gaming performance.

Otherwise get a clevo but the battery life is generally quite poor for those gaming laptops.

hello!

is it me you're looking for?

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Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

dell xps 15 is perfect  please don't get a "gaming" laptop get a xps with 1050ti and a 1080p display, you should get 8 to 10 hr or light use. 

make sure to get the 97 Whr model

hello!

is it me you're looking for?

ᴾC SᴾeCS ᴰoWᴺ ᴮEᴸoW

Spoiler

Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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I always recommend Lenovo thinkpads for students who use pro software as part of their course. They are incredibly solid and you won't ever run into any driver/software issues because they use Quadro graphics. You can still game if you want, the performance is roughly equivalent to GeForce with the same chip. The P and T series are what you should be looking for. You just need to find the model with the size, weight and specs you need.

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The P50 and P50s seem like they would fit your needs pretty well. With the P50s you get a dual core and the quadro m500m and with the P50 you get quad core and the quadro m1000m (you can even get a xeon but you won't really need it). You have many options so you can configure them as you wish. You seemed interested in battery life so you should like the dual battery options. There is also a 4k screen option on the P50 and 3K on the P50s. If you can wait it seems like they are about to replace these models with P51 and P51s so maybe you would get more up to date hardware. http://www3.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/P50/p/22TP2WPWP50 http://www3.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/P50s/p/22TP2WPP50S

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