Freshman engineering student laptop suggestion

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• **Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

$ 2,700

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  Possibly

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  Performance,build quality, battery, form factor

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Preferably something slim, weight doesn’t matter

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  14-16

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Solidworks, autodesk software, ansys, matlab

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  N/a

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  Would like a good keyboard and touchpad, as well as reliable build quality

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

  Need 32 gb of ram, preferably a dedicated gpu. Ive been looking at the hp spectre, as well as the dell xps 14 and 15 but dont know if those are good options.