Which Laptop Can be Used As CAD Workstation ?

[El Maestro Capofila]

Hello, I wanna ask wish one of these two laptop is better for architectural 2d and 3d AutoCAD, 3dmax , rendering and Photoshop work ....

1- HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC @ 1100$
Windows 8.1 64
Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ with Intel HD Graphics 4600 (2.4 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
Intel HM87 Express
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
1 TB 5400 rpm SATA
(15.6") diagonal FHD BrightView LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 840M (2 GB DDR3 dedicated)

2- Lenovo IDEAPAD Y50-70A @ 1600$
WIN 8.1,
Intel Core i7-4700HQ 3.4 Ghz ,
8 GB DDR3,
1 TB + 8 GB SSD,
15.6'' LED FHD,
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 4 GB Dedicated

I appreciate your Helps !

 

[logainofhades]

The second one would be better, as it has a better GPU. Those prices seem awfully high, though. I am certain I have seen laptops, with far better graphics cards, for less. Graphics card can matter, a great deal, for those programs. For $1600, this is a far better laptop. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834198049

 

[velo3100]

The laptop that logainofhades has suggested is good but it is more geared towards gaming than a workstation. I know that 3ds max prefers quadino cards than the geforce cards. But they tend to be more expensive.

Finally out of the 2 the second is way better than the first.

 

[logainofhades]

I agree that a workstation type laptop would be more suitable. The prices were just kinda crazy. Neither of the first two listed would be better than the one I linked. Their GPU's are just weaker gaming GPU's.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100043682%20600029658%20600474834%20600471080%20600471079%20600498798%20600003982%20600474833