Help choosing a portable computer
Hello,
I'm currently looking for a laptop or portable solution to be able to work on my projects at school. I have a more than decent PC at home and use it to get my work done and render my projects, but my laptop is getting old and isn't very useful during classes because it runs out of batteries very quick and heat up really bad.
So basically what i need is a laptop or tablet (doubt it can handle the softwares though) that is pretty lightweight, not over 1000$, and be able to work on photoshop, solidworks and zbrush (mainly for under 1M points models, just for sketching really). I won't be doing renders and I dont play games either. I use a wacom tablet but would love to have a touchscreen that works well with a wacom pen or something similar.
What do you guys use, or what would you suggest?
I'm currently looking for a laptop or portable solution to be able to work on my projects at school. I have a more than decent PC at home and use it to get my work done and render my projects, but my laptop is getting old and isn't very useful during classes because it runs out of batteries very quick and heat up really bad.
So basically what i need is a laptop or tablet (doubt it can handle the softwares though) that is pretty lightweight, not over 1000$, and be able to work on photoshop, solidworks and zbrush (mainly for under 1M points models, just for sketching really). I won't be doing renders and I dont play games either. I use a wacom tablet but would love to have a touchscreen that works well with a wacom pen or something similar.
What do you guys use, or what would you suggest?
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I personally own a vivotab note 8 ad i love it but its only used for basic work.
I plan to get a surface pro in due time, i think you can get a surface pro 2/3 for under $1000 now.
and yeah i think 4gb of ram should be acceptable for preliminary work, not sure how far you would get for final work.
I'd also recommend this site for more info on programs for the surface pro.
Also, thanks for the site! I've also found that the pro 3 works with solidworks as well, which is super exciting for me because it didn't work very well with my xps 1640 (video card issue i think).
Making solidworks parts anywhere i go?
Sign me up.