I use(-d) various. I think the most fluent I have used is the new Remote Desktop from Microsoft in conjunction with a dev box. However for graphical heavy tasks, probably Nvidia RDP is a better choice. I mean you can nowadays stream games, so why wouldn’t that work with CAD. The problem is rather to properly configure it. But you would be surprised how efficient and fluent it is. I have worked on setups where I worked 8 hours and only produced 2Gb of traffic. It highly depends… but its far from impractical.
thing is i hear and get recommended that intel is no longer the go to cad cpu that it was when i was starting with rhino or cad in general this is why i look for AMD/nvidia combo now even for my desktop build
16 inch is a good size and that laptop seems to have all the good stuff i need
i have read about some issues with quality for their other laptops but not for their OMEN line so far
appearance is not so important for me (but everyone knows RGB makes things run faster 
) the most important for me is that it can run CAD without issues
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Sorry, it could be that it only works for Azure VM’s such as a DevBox.
But a such a server hosted vm is technical also just another persons computer.
I’m just saying that this combination was the most fluent one for me. But there are many alternatives like Anydesk etc. I would just give it a try.
I am quite sure my bias isn’t worth paying much attention too, I just wanted you to know that my next system will also be intel because of my positive experience. So I would rather gather experience from other users or ask McNeel’s tech support on what systems has the least issues.
Last I read up on it intel still outperformed AMD on single thread tasks, but this goes back and forth for different generations, same does multi threaded tasks, so I am pretty sure they are basically on par when suming up a varied workload over a day. (And anything lower than 10% difference is hardly noticeable in real world use IMO as we rarely compare two systems side by side in a test bench)
(If something takes 4 vs 4.4 sec or 40 vs 44 sec to complete isn’t very important and this scales equally in both directions too in my experience.)
if they are so equal then for me the second step would be price and quality
that laptop had a nice 24gb ram other intels came with 16gb only so far in price amd is in the lead
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Btw, I came up with RDP advice, because I owned a couple of such laptops in the past. But they were horrible in terms of noise, weight, heat in general. I like my MacBook Pro, but I have serious issues with MacOs. This is why I use a normal Windows/Linux Desktop PC for the rest. If I really need to go back to a well performing laptop, I definitely would try to find a ok-performing one with very good thermal characteristics. I don’t know for 2025, but I guess its still an issue. I would even choose a significant slower PC if its silent on load and truly mobile.
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that would run fine IMO-
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personally I prefer intel processors, and Nvidia graphics cards.
there are several dev here running Ryzen processors, but they are almost all running nvidia cards.
@jeff runs AMD stuff as well as nvidia and has in the past mentioned he likes the AA on Amd cards better than nvidia. Not sure if this is still the case, so I’ll defer to him as what he thinks is best since he is the guy who writes the display pipeline.
fwiw- v9 will be MUCH more tolerant of operating environment and display as we are using direct 3d for the pipe line by default. This will likely enable parallels, intel hd, and possibly even the new snapdragon platforms to be useable. A proper graphics card will run better, but the low powered stuff will at least run, where it struggles, or won’t run now.
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New lead on buy
https://www.lenovo.com/se/sv/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=83LTCTO1WWSE3
32gb, wifi7 and OLED configuration
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Just waiting for my student verification but this laptop looks awesome for the price I selected the Ryzen 9
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Those are great machines and lots of bang for the buck. We have two at the office, one from 2023 and one that’s two weeks old. Sturdy work horses and quite silent too.
Just watched this and apparently intel yields more idle/low load hours on battery than AMD, if that is of interest.
Final price is around 13 995kr after student verification for that AMD which is as steal
Interesting video what is the equivalent intel processor compared to that AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX?
That would be the i9 14900 or core 9 275.
So as you say, a steal… so if you go for it I am sure you won’t regret it!
I have always preferred AMD processors, only back in the internet stoneage have I had a Pentium, after that I have only had AMD CPUs for desktop and laptop.
Performance per spent coin has been good, probably often better. I would go for AMD CPU if you feel it is a good choice for your budget. I know it has been for me.
I’m not sure it really matters now. Mostly it seems to come down to gaming capability on X3D as the crown holder.
Excepting the largely resolved power issues, most of Intel Raptor Lake, Arrow Lake, and even Lunar Lake; along with AMD Zen 4 & 5 are all perfectly fine CPUs.
I think local pricing matters, and if you upgrade intra-generation. If you only upgrade every 5 or 6 years, I’m not sure it really matters, unless you are on an AM4 socket for gaming.
Both manufacturers have really good single-thread performance, and are more than capable at rendering in thier 8+ core configurations.
Generally, I would chose an AMD if I had to buy new tommorow; but my i7-13700K has been nothing short of excellent, especailly given how much CPU rendering I do.
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That intel configuration gives me around 16500kr compared to the 13990kr amd
Really nice performance tho
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Yeah, but more than 20% up in price though. I just wanted to share what others found since I find it interesting, and others might too 
Nerd out!
And good luck, you will be happy either way!
not sure of your time frame/career stage, but some employers may also supply you with a laptop/mobile workstation that could be more or less powerful that what you buy now