I need a laptop for university

[Stannojj]

This september i'm heading up to University to study CGI/VFX

I need to find myself a laptop that can use and render with programs such as Maya, Zbrush and Nuke, my budget is around £1000, What would you guys reccomend?

 

[mbilal2]

ACER Predator Helios would be my to-go. See HERE


Best laptop you can get for the price and the work you specified. Might need to buy an external hdd.

Other options are:

ASUS K501UW-AB78 15.6-inch
Acer Aspire VX 15 Gaming Laptop
Dell Inspiron i5577-7359BLK-PUS
Lenovo Z70 80FG00DCUS 17 inch Laptop

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Im not very familiar with the other two programs but here's the thing. While the GTX series rules AutoCAD 2D and 3D drafting, Maya performance on GTX series cards is terrible. Zbrush does'nt appear to be too worried about what you use and Nuke uses OpenGL and likes CUDA

http/www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-12.html

The flip side is workstation type GFX cards are usually poorly suited to students for entertainment (read gaming) . I would suggest you discuss these needs with your college administration or professors before deciding either way

Your budget is around $1350 and my typical suggestion, given your stated needs, would be to find a Clevo distributor and have the system built to your university's recommended specifications. But if that will involve a Quadro, Clevo is no longer able to offer that option.