Laptop suggestions for jewelry designers

[Yusra_Nawab]

Hi, I’m looking for laptop suggestions. I’m a jewelry designing student. And I haven’t started learning rhino just yet. But I’m going to soon. Before that I’d like to invest in a laptop. But I’m very confused with so many options. Is it better to invest in a 2 in 1 laptop which is pretty popular these days? Or are those not worth it? And I can just invest in a heavy gaming laptop?
Thanks.

[John_Brock]

Moved to Windows Hardware category

Start with this:

If you are buying a new laptop READ THIS

If you are in the market for a new lap top to run rhino. Most importantly, Look for one with a standalone video card. Specifically an nvidia or amd. More vram and more rendering cores (cuda cores) are better. Mac users should be looking at a Silicon M1/M2/M3. Laptop Machines that are referred to as “hybrid” must have a stand alone card that you can force the machine to use instead of the built in intel. These machine prioritize battery life over performance and try to use the Intel graphi…

[bwheeler]

I use a heavy gaming 17" laptop when I work from home. I do have it connected to a larger screen for my daily work. If I need it at the jobsite the 17" screen comes in handy. That does make it quite a bit heavier. I’m in the architectural field, not really sure how this relates to jewelry industry.

[Dani_Abalde]

You should prioritise a powerful CPU and GPU (the higher the clock speed per core and more cores, the better). The only considerable bottleneck is the amount of boolean operations (prong-shank union, subtract cutters…), I think this runs on the CPU in Rhino. If you are also going to render, that runs on the GPU.