1. What is your budget?
$3,000-$3,750
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
17"+
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 - Does not need to be that exactly, do like a lot of real estate
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop Replacement - Will rarely move
5. How much battery life do you need?
Not big concern, pretty much always plugged in
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No Games - Work Computer
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
3D Modeling with 3ds Max, Sketchup, and various rendering programs. Also Photoshop and some video editing
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB should be fine. Do most of my work from External Harddrives because I work on different computers often with same materials.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Nothing specific as of right now. My company purchases Dell M6600. I am currently looking into some Custom Build companies. I think I may be able to get a better bargain. Eurocom, Xotic, and Xi were foudn on first glance.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD is sufficient. BluRay is nice
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No preference. Obviously companies like Dell and HP would have better warranty plans. I have had a Sony Vaio for the last two years, would like to move away from that if possible
13. What country do you live in?
USA - DC
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
My Company typically purchases one type of Dell M6600
Dell precision M6600
Core I7-2920XM @ 2.5 GHZ
8 GB Ram
512G Solid State Hard Drive
Nvidia Quadro 4000M 2 Gig Video
The cost that it comes in at is a bit high for it to be approved at my location. I would like to find something comparable below $4,000. Would really like the Video Card to be more suitable for 3D modeling than for Videogames persay. If you have thoughts why that shouldn't matter, please let me know.
I really like the idea of buying from one of these custom build websites. I think there may be more value there. Just want to make sure it's trustworthy and reliable.
Thank you in advance for all the help!
$3,000-$3,750
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
17"+
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 - Does not need to be that exactly, do like a lot of real estate
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop Replacement - Will rarely move
5. How much battery life do you need?
Not big concern, pretty much always plugged in
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No Games - Work Computer
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
3D Modeling with 3ds Max, Sketchup, and various rendering programs. Also Photoshop and some video editing
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB should be fine. Do most of my work from External Harddrives because I work on different computers often with same materials.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Nothing specific as of right now. My company purchases Dell M6600. I am currently looking into some Custom Build companies. I think I may be able to get a better bargain. Eurocom, Xotic, and Xi were foudn on first glance.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD is sufficient. BluRay is nice
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No preference. Obviously companies like Dell and HP would have better warranty plans. I have had a Sony Vaio for the last two years, would like to move away from that if possible
13. What country do you live in?
USA - DC
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
My Company typically purchases one type of Dell M6600
Dell precision M6600
Core I7-2920XM @ 2.5 GHZ
8 GB Ram
512G Solid State Hard Drive
Nvidia Quadro 4000M 2 Gig Video
The cost that it comes in at is a bit high for it to be approved at my location. I would like to find something comparable below $4,000. Would really like the Video Card to be more suitable for 3D modeling than for Videogames persay. If you have thoughts why that shouldn't matter, please let me know.
I really like the idea of buying from one of these custom build websites. I think there may be more value there. Just want to make sure it's trustworthy and reliable.
Thank you in advance for all the help!