Laptop for school

[Michigan Tech]

Hello all,

I am a high school student. I need an ultra book that is both portable and powerful. I have a fairly firm $500 budget, and do a lot of CAD work. It will not be used for gaming, only CAD work and some light coding.

It is crucial that it is an ultrabook--I cannot imagine lugging a workstation around. Might I add: this needs to last me three more years (until I graduate).

Thoughts?
Thanks

 

[hang-the-9]

Your budget is out of the fast ultrabook range, those are close to $1,000.

You can get a decent light laptop though, just not a very fast one.
https/www.amazon.com/dp/B01CGGOUJM?psc=1 Larger screen but not very heavy and has a solid state drive.

 

[Michigan Tech]

Your budget is out of the fast ultrabook range, those are close to $1,000.

You can get a decent light laptop though, just not a very fast one.
https/www.amazon.com/dp/B01CGGOUJM?psc=1 Larger screen but not very heavy and has a solid state drive.

How would you compare it to these?:

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0N6-00YB-00073
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834319905
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315444

I am really feeling the first one, but I need some insight. I am by no means an expert...

 

[hang-the-9]

Your budget is out of the fast ultrabook range, those are close to $1,000.

You can get a decent light laptop though, just not a very fast one.
https/www.amazon.com/dp/B01CGGOUJM?psc=1 Larger screen but not very heavy and has a solid state drive.

How would you compare it to these?:

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0N6-00YB-00073
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834319905
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315444

I am really feeling the first one, but I need some insight. I am by no means an expert...

The Lenovos do not have solid state hard drives, so will be slower. The Acer had an SSD but Acer is a tier behind Lenovo and Asus for reliability. Outside of the hard drive speed, they are all about the same speed.

 

[velo3100]

For that price range you are not going to find a laptop that will last 3 years as it will make noise when you handle 3d files. I strongly suggest you save up.

 

[Michigan Tech]

For that price range you are not going to find a laptop that will last 3 years as it will make noise when you handle 3d files. I strongly suggest you save up.

How much are we looking at?

 

[velo3100]

The cheapest I would go is $1000 as you will probably need a gtx 960m. If you are serious about cad then the price increases a lot as you need a workstation and these are very expensive.