Asus and Lenovo would be my choices. I own an Asus and when I worked in IT at a hospital as a PC tech, I worked with Lenovo. Those Lenovos sure took a beating in the med carts.

 

Been in the bussiness for 10 years.. Asus, Lenova for a no worry laptop.. Dells are pretty good also... 70 percent of my major repairs are Hp

 

Gee - 2 of us in the business totally agree - I think that may be saying something. I think we see a lot more laptops than most of you.

I have been burned by HP, Toshiba, Acer, and Gateway.

 

Unless you kept and are referring to actual statistics your opinions are only as valid as anyone else, or invalid if you prefer. So you were burned by HP, Toshiba, Acer, and Gateway. A quick google finds Toshiba and Acer with the lowest reported complaints in one survey two years ago (15%), narrowly beating out Apple (17%).

I stand by my assertion that I will never buy a Lenova again. My first is the last, everything about it feels cheap and it has been trouble from day one. Maybe I just got a lemon but that is what kills brand loyalty.

 

I work in IT for a health care system and we were strictly an IBM/Lenovo shop until recently. We are now buying HP for desktop/laptop and servers. Lenovo quality is not what it used to be in our experience. We have 25,000 desktop/laptops and over 1800 servers.

 

The specs are important for this particular program. My Mac is only 1 1/5 years old and it is having some trouble. My processor speed is more than enough but dont have a dedicated video card. The recommended specs i need are:
i5 or i7 processor
64bit OS
8 GB Memory
50 GB Available hard disk space
1 GB High Performance Video Card (NVDIA/ATI)
1024x768 Res
Open GL 2.1 +

This is a very high end program that uses ray trace to produce photo realistic renderings. I need the specs to work more quickly and efficiently because right now, it takes 12 hours to make 50 passes or so on a ray trace. Should only take a minute or less per pass.

I will start looking at Asus and Lenova. Wasnt sure about Asus because i never really heard about them. The guy at Office Depot spoke really high of Asus.

 

Perfect laptop for you:

http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...otebook-Intel/

Online only. Not cheap, but it's a beast.

 

i was looking at that one the other day. a little out of my price range but i my have to bite the bullet and go for it. it IS a nice machine. thanks to all for the help and input, exactly what i was looking for.



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If you need a high end laptop for your work, that's what you are going to have to pay for one. If you could do the job with a desktop computer, you could build one for less with those specs.

If this is for business, you can depreciate it and write it off.

You should only look at laptops with an i7-xxxxQM processor to make it worth it. Office Depot lists other Asus laptops and a Lenovo with QM's at lower cost, but they are all sold out.

 

Alright, - so those are the specs you need then? Or want? Regardless, -I ran into the word "specs" last session, - but didn't see any ??

I need specs as well, can't see squat!

You need something liquid cooled or it's going to eventually start hanging, - IF you can indeed keep one that busy. You'll wear out a laptop, - prob in 6 mths.

To bad you can't go stationary or use a fast as hell desk top that will sit around the same temps all day long.

You need a Quantum Core w/coolagram physics tech.

 

Yea, - I here yuh about those integrated graphics boards, - no fricken room. -

Tech is moving fast now, - seems like it anyway.. Dang parts/chips are getting so tiny, PITA to see anything wt/microbe. It's either that or my hands are still growing...

 

As posted before- The recommended specs i need are:

This is not my everyday job to where this is what i do every minute of the day. But when i am using the program, it will likely be used consistently every day for about a week, maybe two, for each project i have going on. The design part don't take a lot of weight to get the job done, its just the ray trace. Even the 3D views pop up really quickly on my current Mac. The biggest thing is, i need these ray traces to complete in a timely manner when i need them. Ray traces are only done when the design is completed. So that isnt used much at all. I understand it may run hotter. Could i run a cool pad to help out in this instance? I really need the portability of a laptop. I need to be able to take it home to work on a project or to a homeowners house and make changes when needed. If i didnt need to do that, then i would definitely go with a desktop. They have a [B][I]minimum[I][B] system requirements, but my Mac meets those and there is a lot of delay in certain areas. Then with the ray trace, well i told you about that. Takes hours to complete. I will have to do some more research for sure. All the input has been helpful. The good part is, I'm not in a big hurry.

 

Oh never-mind, it'll be alright lol.

 

Dell is the best brand in laptops, i am using this brand since ten years and it never give me any serious problem , so i always recommend it.
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