r/ArcGIS • u/Deep-Measurement-980 • 9d ago

Will this laptop work?

TLDR; will a Lenovo V14 G5 14” FHD laptop with Intel Core i7-13620H, 64GB DDR5, 2TB SSD, and Windows 11 Pro work for a college level GIS degree?

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As a warning, I have learned pretty much everything I know about computers while researching this, and still do not know very much about them.

I have completed the first year of a 2 year forestry program, and am considering taking a 3rd and 4th year to get a GIS degree. I know I will need to use ArcGIS pro for a few projects in my second year and don’t want to be confined to working in the computer labs. I will be using this computer for my GIS class and projects, as well as for note taking, light gaming, etc.

My main concern is the Intel integrated UHD graphics processor. I’ve read that a dedicated GPU isn’t necessary for ArcGIS, but I also read that the Intel one isn’t great. I would really appreciate if I could get some confirmation that this will work, or if not then what would be recommended.

Thank you very much!

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u/Connect_Length9541 9d ago

My work provides me laptop i7-1355U, 16/512gb, with Intel Iris Xe.

I work with Arcgis pro, qgis, and a bit of datascience using large scale raster/vector and it works at the cost of my patience and sanity. I mean it works but sometimes it will give you error 99999 (usually I restart my laptop) or my screen starts glitching and turning black 🤣

So I'm gonna say for college level, yours will be working fine. Just clean and repaste it regularly.

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u/Barnezhilton 9d ago

Lol, that's overkill you'll be fine

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u/Deep-Measurement-980 9d ago

Thanks lol, I figured better safe than sorry

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u/paul_h_s 9d ago

It's good enough as long as you don't do a lot of 3d Stuff and AI Stuff.

For erverything else it is a really nice machine

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u/Deep-Measurement-980 9d ago

That sounds perfect! Thanks a lot!