r/LaptopForStudent

My Dell Latitude has kicked the bucket and it was my favorite one over the past couple of years. I need advice on who to upgrade to.

I do work from home PT and would need something with decent ram (no less than 16gb) with an intel processor being that I also just se rolled in a BSN program online.

I know that I a going to need a powerhouse. I don’t care about weight. I also have no knowledge of how to piece a computer together. I wish I did.

Would it be reasonable to create a Dell with the specifications I need? If so, what would you recommend? Should I go back to the Dell Latitude but a newer version? It would be great if I could even do some light gaming.

Any suggestions are appreciated! I just don’t know much about anything these days. I just want my Packard Bell desktop back. 😭

Motobook 60 pro jntel utra core 5 225 H vs asus expertbook p3 Intel core ultra 5 225H for coding and college

Motobook has everything good(oled 120Hz 500 nits) but just the brand and future is what I am sceptical about.

Asus has good build, decent brand name but lower other specs than motobook(asus one is ips 60hz 300 nits )

Hi everyone! I’m a 4th-year Mechanical Engineering student looking for a new laptop, as my current one unfortunately isn’t going to make it through my final year.

I need something that can handle SolidWorks for school projects and occasional personal projects. I don’t expect to work with extremely complex parts or large assemblies, but I will occasionally be doing FEA. I also don’t care much about shadows or other advanced graphics settings in SolidWorks.

I’m leaning toward a gaming laptop since there are more options within my budget, and I’d also like to do some light gaming. However, I’ve heard that gaming GPUs can sometimes cause issues with SolidWorks.

Does anyone have experience using a gaming GPU with SolidWorks, particularly an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPU? How well does it work for modeling and occasional FEA?

For context, I’ve been running SolidWorks on a Surface Pro 7 for the past few years without a dedicated graphics card and I haven’t experienced any graphics-related errors—only performance limitations.