I have a friend who's asking about laptops that can do CGI rendering. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Pigolus]

I was looking at the Microsoft Surface devices... They seem powerful enough to do the job, especially the Surface Book... I don't follow laptops as much as I follow other tech...

 

[dudeman509]

You probably want something with a 4-core i7 (HQ series chips) and a dedictated GTX 960/970/980M.