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Hello everyone!
I am starting college soon and the time has come to choose a laptop.
I, as the title says, am an incoming Mechanical Engineering student, and I am looking for a quality laptop to reduce dependence on university computing.
Essentially, the laptop will need to be able to handle any modeling, CAD, or other engineering software I throw at it and ideally last all four years of college.
My budget is fairly robust, but I would like to stay under $2000, closer to the $1500 range. However, I would rather have a better machine than save a few dollars.
Core Needs:
Wish List:
The following link contains the laptops sold by my school for my degree under the recommendation of the Engineering Department.
https://shop.ncsu.edu/ePOS/form=robots/catalog.html&this_category=521&store=432&design=mbl
I realize this does reveal some personal information about myself, but I believe it is important to be able to review these laptops and the specific hardware on them in order to make an informed recommendation.
I believe that I can get a more than adequate laptop with my budget, but, given my somewhat limited knowledge, I thought it best to ask for recommendations from this helpful community before making a mistake and wasting time and money.
Thank you all in advance for you help in the matter. I am extremely grateful.
I am starting college soon and the time has come to choose a laptop.
I, as the title says, am an incoming Mechanical Engineering student, and I am looking for a quality laptop to reduce dependence on university computing.
Essentially, the laptop will need to be able to handle any modeling, CAD, or other engineering software I throw at it and ideally last all four years of college.
My budget is fairly robust, but I would like to stay under $2000, closer to the $1500 range. However, I would rather have a better machine than save a few dollars.
Core Needs:
Budget | $1000-$2000, flexible |
Screen Size | 13"-15" |
Screen Resolution | 1080p or better |
Portability | Lighter is better, but weight is not an issue |
Battery Life | 6+ hours of medium usage |
Storage | 512GB SSD or better |
RAM | 16GB, preferably |
Wish List:
- Rigid body (metal, carbon fiber, etc.)
- Able to play somewhat demanding video games (Overwatch would be a good reference point)
- The more storage, the better, as I would like to store media on this machine as well
- If it is relevant, I live in the US
- I do not need an optical drive
| CPU | Intel i3/i5/i7 processor |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB |
| Recommended RAM | At least 16GB |
| Optical Drive | Optional |
| Minimum Storage | 256 GB |
| Recommended Storage | 512 GB or Larger Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Operating System | Windows 10 (64-bit) macOS 10.14 “Mojave” |
| Wireless | 802.11ac |
| Warranty | 3-year |
The following link contains the laptops sold by my school for my degree under the recommendation of the Engineering Department.
https://shop.ncsu.edu/ePOS/form=robots/catalog.html&this_category=521&store=432&design=mbl
I realize this does reveal some personal information about myself, but I believe it is important to be able to review these laptops and the specific hardware on them in order to make an informed recommendation.
I believe that I can get a more than adequate laptop with my budget, but, given my somewhat limited knowledge, I thought it best to ask for recommendations from this helpful community before making a mistake and wasting time and money.
Thank you all in advance for you help in the matter. I am extremely grateful.
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