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Need advice on a Serious Laptop

  • 27-07-2011 11:57pm
    #1
    lightoffshore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭


    Hello Everyone,

    I'm about to buy a new laptop and would appreciate some advice. I'm a consultant engineer and do some fairly heavy duty technical work but don't know anything about the engine under the hood. I don't want to spend more than 1k. I need something which is:

    >sturdy as I'll be moving around a lot
    >will replace my desktop
    >can deal with farily heavy computational work (FEA), quad core might be nice for parallel computing
    >Can deal with 3D CAD and Matlab etc
    >has a good battery life - 5+ hours
    Not sure whether I need 32 or 64 bit (any thoughts)
    >has a 15 (ish) inch screen

    This might sound like I'm hoping for the sun moon and stars, but I'd appreciate some advice on what to look for in the specs, or even a good option thats out there at the moment.

    OM


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  • #2
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    a laptop like mine in the sig..

    can be got on done deal, look for a x9000 cpu, (core duo extreme), with a gt 9800 sli gpu.

    with up to 8gigs of ram and raid hard disk its where the smart money is at.

    my laptop gets almost 7 on the windows index, high for a laptop.


    hmm forget it...

    5 hours battery life, lol.

    you want to revise that huh....


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