Laptop recommendation

[lior20088]

Hello,

I am looking for a laptop as a grad student, I will use it for web-browsing, office and Cad program such as SolidWorks. My budget is about 600$, I was considering these deals (in the link below/ png attached) but I would also like to hear you opinions.

https://ibb.co/dfg9wx

 

The reason I need a laptop is because of my job, I live away from home most of the week (where I got my PC) ,so I need something to work on.

Thank you,

Lior

[dizmo]

Interesting. I'd have originally said absolutely the second one, but the Ryzen one might do Solidworks a little better since it has that Veganess about it. Definitely not the first one. I'd see if you can find some benchmarks on the Ryzen one.

 

Welcome to the forum

[cflanders]

I can defiantly steer you away from the i3. It will be too slow for almost anything besides web browsing, and even slow at that. The Ryzen system is better, but is it worth the extra money to you. I don't know if SolidWorks benefits from better graphics or not, but the Ryzen system looks better for the money if you can afford the extra expense. 

 

One last thing any Windows 10 machine will NEED an SSD, otherwise they run unbearably slow on start up, opening apps, or anything else that requires you use the drive. Maybe see if you can upgrade the laptop to an SSD, it makes a bigger difference than anything else on Windows 10.

[genexis_x]

Inspiron 5000 series is meh BTW

 

Ryzen mobile APU still needs a lot of optimizations (and they are more expensive for no reason), personally I wouldn't recommend them now until they fix issues like inconsistent performance and poor battery life.

[junky]

Why any of these? You can get the Acer Nitro 5 for $650 from bestbuy/costco, with an I5-7300HQ + GTX 1050 Ti 4GB + IPS display + SSD

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, junky said:

Acer Nitro 5 for $650 from bestbuy/costco, with an I5-7300HQ + GTX 1050 Ti 4GB + IPS display + SSD

i5 8250U/R5 2500U>i5 7300HQ

 

Nitro 5 has mediocre CPU cooling. Display, build quality, battery life, input devices are all OKish. Also 1050TI is overkill since OP isn't doing gaming, CAD programs won't benefit much with more powerful Geforce GPU even a 1080TI.

[TLCH723]

$600 laptop wont do any good for cad program. So my suggestion is to buy any laptop and remote into your desktop for work