Laptop for School/Uni 2016

novawing · Mar 14, 2016

So i'm currently in my final year of school and looking for a laptop for the rest of the year and probably University afterwards.

I have a budget of $1500AUD (about $1100USD) and I want something that's portable (can fit in a backpack easily) so preferably something that's not bigger than 14".
It will be used mainly for stuff like MS Office, but I also intend to use it briefly for AutoCAD so I need something with a bit of power (i7/8GB ram maybe) to run that (doesn't have to run well).

EDIT: Something I forgot to mention was that I would like a laptop with a good trackpad (smart gestures are a necessity), and preferably a good keyboard too. That's one of the reasons I'm not interested in buying a $400 laptop.

Can anyone recommend laptops that fit this niche? The Asus UX303UA seems like it might be a good choice, anyone have experience with that one?

Thanks,
Lachy

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · Mar 14, 2016

I think that you're asking for too much. Are you buying from a site or locally? I will try to find something that would suit you, but as far as CAD is concerned, it's quite demanding, and laptops with workstation cards aren't that cheap.

Gingerbread · Mar 14, 2016

Well generally for cad there are special GPUS which do it better, however that doesn't mean you can't do it with a normal GPU, just won't be as fast. However in my eyes you should consider a 15.6" laptop so you can do more than just school with that. As long as you carry a normal bag (which everyone does, especially those laptop bags are really comfortable because you can put the laptop with plenty of notebooks in it) you can consider getting a more powerful 15.6" laptop, which will run way better and allow you to play games as well.

novawing · Mar 14, 2016

Gingerbread :

The CAD shouldn't be a problem. I was able to run CAD and Revit on an i3 Lenovo Thinkpad, and though it lagged, it was tolerable. Also I have a 15.6" currently, and it's almost too big when it's in a case (my bag isn't small, either). I don't plan on gaming on it either.

Gingerbread · Mar 14, 2016

Well you can check the lenovo yogas then. 14", come with i7 skylake ddr4 and even some models with gt 940m so they will do the job.

spruce11 · Apr 27, 2016

With you budget, actually you can get very decent laptop with mainstream spec which you totally required: i7, nice GPU, >8GB ram, and so on. But the bottle neck would be your preferred screen size <14". There will not be too many choices unless you will also consider the mainstream 15"~16". If so, according your preferable trackpad and cool keyboard experience, you will widen the category and into the gaming laptops The selection includes MSI, ROG, Alienware, etc. FYI~

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