Is Dell Inspiron 15R 5558 good for engineering programs ?

[dodohima]

can Dell Inspiron 15R 5558 run all engineering programs AutoCad , Rivet , 3D max , ............ ,,,, with out any lag and problems ? ,,,,,,,

Intel® Core™ i7-5500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.0 GHz)
8GB DDR3 RAM 1600MHz
1TB HDD 5400 rpm
Built-in DVD+/-RW
15.6" LED Backlit Display with Truelife and HD resolution (1366 x 768 Pixels)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 920M with 4GB DDR3 VRAM
Webcam with digital microphone
Wi-Fi - Bluetooth - USB - Ethernet
HDMI
4-cell Li-Ion Battery
FreeDOS

 

[dudeman509]

I would prefer a true 4-core hyper-threaded CPU for those programs - one of the i7 4000 or 5000 HQ-series processors would be a good fit.

 

[dodohima]

I would prefer a true 4-core hyper-threaded CPU for those programs - one of the i7 4000 or 5000 HQ-series processors would be a good fit.

my budget is 710 $ ,, Can u see a good laptop Dell ?

 

[dudeman509]

For that price range, that's probably about the best you'll get. Dell annoys me that they keep stuffing the low-power U-series chips into their laptops instead of the more powerful i5/i7 M/HQ-series processors.

It will run basic AutoCAD/what have you OK, but it will take a bit longer than a more powerful machine to render complex drawings.

 

[dodohima]

For that price range, that's probably about the best you'll get. Dell annoys me that they keep stuffing the low-power U-series chips into their laptops instead of the more powerful i5/i7 M/HQ-series processors.

It will run basic AutoCAD/what have you OK, but it will take a bit longer than a more powerful machine to render complex drawings.

So it will be lag in the another programs ?

 

[dudeman509]

It won't stutter if that's what you mean, but it won't have the oomph that a higher-power CPU would give you. We use full-blown i7 laptops at work for a variety of engineering/imagery applications. My personal 2-core i5 laptop is much slower at those same tasks, but fine for general use.