Laptop for 3d rendering

[Felipe Aedo]

If anyone would be kind enough to help me find the best laptop for work, my budget is up to 2000usd, usually I use Rhinoceros 5, 3DSmax and autocad (sometimes photoshop and illustrator). I require a 15" laptop to take with me, for traveling issues it cant be bigger.  

[Himommies]

I have no idea about Rhinoceros but this should be adequate for AutoCAD

http://www.microcenter.com/product/487758/Inspiron_15_7577_156_Gaming_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

or if you have costco

https://m.costco.com/HP-OMEN-17t-Gaming-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---8GB-NVIDIA-Graphics---1080p.product.100362793.html

 

 

 

[ShadySocks]

This laptop is fast, and has great battery life, weight, and size.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233205&cm_re=gigabyte_aero-_-34-233-205-_-Product

[genexis_x]

Workstation laptops like Dell Precision 5000/7000, Lenovo Thinkpad P series, HP Zbook

[john01dav]

You may want to consider getting a cheaper laptop if you are able to access decent networks, and your files aren't too large. That way, you can remote into your home computer/desktop (or build one with better specs than a laptop of the same price), send the files, and render it there before transferring them back. This will allow you to save money, battery life, size, and get better performance. Also, I don't know how big 3DSMax or Autocad files are, but in my very limited experience with Blender, the files never got over a few MBs, which makes me think this plan is reasonable, even on hotel wifi.

 

EDIT: I forgot to mention that if you run the home computer with Linux, ssh, scp, and rsync are great tools to transfer the files and run the render remotely in a secure manner.