Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio
14.40", 1000 GB, 32 GB, CH, Intel Core i7-11370H
Question about Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio
Hello all My daughter is starting training as a structural draughtswoman and needs a laptop for school. The minimum requirement according to the school is the following: - Notebook if possible with touch screen and pen -at least 15 inches -at least 16 GB memory 32GB recommended -at least i7 if possible i9 -Windows 10 -NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2xxx series or higher 4 GB RAM or equivalent Nvidia quadro card -WLAN/USB/HDMI or Micro HDMI (here I think it would work with an adapter) I found this model as almost the only one with touchscreen and stylus. Are there any other models that would be suitable for structural draughtsmen or is this device good enough? Thanks for your inputs
It would be better to choose a notebook with an AMD Ryzen 6000 CPU, for several reasons, faster than Intel and get less hot. This means the fans in the case run less frequently and for a long time and the battery lasts much longer. Intel Gen 11, 12 CPUs get hot very quickly and then the fans start running, which is also not always desirable.
WLAN is always built into the notebooks, there is no need for adapters. One of the best current models with touchscreen and stylus is the Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 7 series, which is also available with 32 GB RAM and a very fast AMD Ryzen 6800U CPU, and can be configured directly at Lenovo.
With 15.6 inches, you're carrying a lot of weight around with you, which isn't ideal for school and taking everywhere, so I'd go for the 14-inch model and then combine it at home with a 32-inch 4K UHD screen that has 3840 x 2160 pixels, so you can work in high resolution.
I don't know if you really need an Nvidia Geforce solution, but the integrated GPU in the AMD Ryzen 6800U is already very powerful, and I think it has a lot to offer for CAD because it can refresh quickly in games.
With Intel i7 and i9, you can't rely on these CPUs being really good and fast, because it also depends on the wattage with which they are designed and operated, which then also influences how loud the fans get and how long the battery lasts, it doesn't always have to be Intel.
WLAN is always built into the notebooks, there is no need for adapters. One of the best current models with touchscreen and stylus is the Lenovo Yoga 7 Gen 7 series, which is also available with 32 GB RAM and a very fast AMD Ryzen 6800U CPU, and can be configured directly at Lenovo.
With 15.6 inches, you're carrying a lot of weight around with you, which isn't ideal for school and taking everywhere, so I'd go for the 14-inch model and then combine it at home with a 32-inch 4K UHD screen that has 3840 x 2160 pixels, so you can work in high resolution.
I don't know if you really need an Nvidia Geforce solution, but the integrated GPU in the AMD Ryzen 6800U is already very powerful, and I think it has a lot to offer for CAD because it can refresh quickly in games.
With Intel i7 and i9, you can't rely on these CPUs being really good and fast, because it also depends on the wattage with which they are designed and operated, which then also influences how loud the fans get and how long the battery lasts, it doesn't always have to be Intel.