Hi all,
Wasn’t sure where to post this, but I’m looking to upgrade to a new laptop. Right now, I’m working with:
HP Spectre
Intel Core i7, 8th gen, CPU @1.8 Ghz
16GB RAM
512 GB storage
Intel UHD graphics (1GB) with NVidia GeForce MX150 (2GB)
I’ve seen all the posts about having a hybrid system and have figured that my VRam from NVidia card is underspeced for Rhino 6. I got this laptop a little over a year ago, and am currently trying to find ways to work around this shortcoming, possibly working in Rhino5 instead of Rhino6. If anyone has ideas of how to make the best use of my laptop right now with Rhino, please do share. I want to save as much money as possible for as long as I can (As a student, money is a struggle)
In the inevitable, I will have to get a new laptop, and right now I’m considering a few different ones, but I’m not entirely sure which one is the best for its money. Here’s what I’m looking at (link, my configuration, price):
-
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-spectre-x360-2-in-1-15-6-4k-ultra-hd-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-geforce-gtx-1650-ti-1tb-ssd-nightfall-black/6406696.p?skuId=6406696
Intel 10th Generation Core i7-10750H, 2.6 GHz, 6-core
Windows 10 Home
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (4GB)
16 GB DDR SDRAM
1TB Storage
$1999.99 -
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-book-3/8xbw9g3z71f1?activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab&atc=true
Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design w/6GB GDDR6 graphics memory
16GB LPDDR4x
256 GB PCle SSD
Windows 10 Home
$2069.99 -
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certified/precision-5540-mobile-workstation/spd/precision-15-5540-laptop/xctop554015us2
Intel® Core™ Processor i7-9850H (6 Core, 12M Cache, 2.60GHz up to 4.6GHz Turbo, 45W, vPro)
Windows 10 Pro
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (4GB)
16GB, 1x16GB, DDR4 2666MHz Non-ECC Memory
256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive]
$1769.00 -
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/new-xps-15-laptop/spd/xps-15-9500-laptop/smx15w10p1c2500
10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores)
Windows 10 Pro
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti 4GB GDDR6
16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x8G
256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
$1649.00
If anyone has any thoughts or advice on this, I would greatly appreciate it. I’m an architecture student at a university right now, so I’m looking for something that will last me up through grad school. I’m fairly new to all of this, so I apologize in advance for any basic questions.
Thank you!!