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The Thinkpad W series is indeed a solid choice for CAD and other engineering applications, although it is a bit bulky/heavy. You may also want to consider the Thinkpad T series. $2500 is way overkill for your needs IMO. You definitely have a lot of options in the $1500 and under range. Try...

Yeah pretty much everyone I've talked to said go with the Sager. The special editions are overkill GPU-wise for my needs, so I'll probably go with a regular edition. For the SSD it's actually cheaper to have it installed during the assembly process (vs. Amazon/Newegg by about $40). Thanks for...

Haswell i7, 14-15 inch 1080p screen, 16 GB RAM (I want to run VMs), 256 GB SSD, 765M or 770M card. Both laptops can be configured with these options and I like them both, which is making it hard to decide.

I've narrowed my laptop choices down to a few options, but I'm having trouble deciding. I really like the Sager NP7352 and NP8235, but the lack of a backlit keyboard is an issue for me. So right now I'm considering the NP8265, which looks like a pretty solid machine although I haven't heard much...