$500-$600 (used?) Sketchup laptop

[machg235]

Starting school soon, and I need a laptop for Sketchup. I know a little bit about computers (I have built and upgraded a highish end gaming PC over the last year), but I'm sort of stuck on this one. Used is fine (sort of preferred since I'm only using this thing for a year), and I can do upgrades like RAM and an SSD. I know that CAD is fairly resource intensive, but other than that, I'm sort of lost. Sketchup does require OpenGL support. Not exactly sure what that means...... I have a friend that runs it on a fairly low end AMD APU, but with a little bit of a budget, I would like to get something a little more powerful (I hate performance issues). Any suggestions would be great, or just more info that can help me to be better informed while researching. Hope everyone is have a great weekend. Thanks for any help!

 

[Chugalug_]

Get this if you want touch screen, which is probably the best choice given your intentions: http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834331658
Or this if you don't want a touch screen. Specs are identical and going for the same price, very good value, but the first is refurbished.
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315303

 

[skittle]

Get a used thinkpad. Also sketchup is not opensource software