I have an eight-year-old laptop that needs replacing and I’m paralyzed. What are the most reliable ones now? Do I need a desktop for CAD? Pros and cons of operating systems (and where do I find them?) Browsers ditto? Where do I find answers that aren’t just product marketing?

  • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Oh: if you’re doing fancy-schmancy 3d industrial CAD stuff for designing car engines or the like, you’d want to make sure you have a nice GPU, which is typically in the ‘gaming laptop’ category if you’re going laptop.

    However if you’re just doing ordinary diagrams and stuff, then onboard video will be absolutely fine.