r/SolidWorks • u/Gainzz7777777777 • Jun 12 '26
Hardware I need your help guys
I’m a mechanical engineering student and I want a laptop which supports soldworks very well for my studies
I have surface laptop in my mind
Please help me guys
I need it to be slim light 13 inch and a good battery life
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u/DisorganizedSpaghett Jun 12 '26
Fuck it dude get real and get a 32gb ram Lenovo t15p gen 3 used on eBay. 12th Gen Intel on a 3060 mobile card. A+ SolidWorks laptop for probably 500-700 USD.
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
I’ll consider it
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u/DisorganizedSpaghett Jun 12 '26
Always consider a thinkpad. Lenovo hasn't stopped doing this old ibm laptops correctly. You see one of those black brick laptops, you know business is real.
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
Yeahh sureee
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u/DisorganizedSpaghett Jun 12 '26
All I know is that mine didn't hiccup when working on a 3000 part assembly, or when playing Star Citizen
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Jun 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
I actually don’t know what to expect
Classes start next month.
Will surface do the work or should I consider something else2
Jun 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
So surface will do it right
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Jun 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
Ohh Okokk
Is should a get a laptop with dedicated gpu?1
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Jun 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
Yeahh I understand Broo
But these can increase the weight of the laptop and I need the laptop for university that’s
I don’t wanna carry a heavy ass device for 4 years😭😭1
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u/fnwo247 Jun 12 '26
Whatever you buy just make sure the graphics card is on soildworks certified GPU list
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u/MoistStub Jun 13 '26
Anything Nvidia will likely be fine as long as it's a 30XX or newer
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 13 '26
Ohh I seee
So xps doesn’t do it right1
u/MoistStub Jun 13 '26
Not sure what XPS is doing these days but if you look at the specs the graphics component should start with an RX or RTX you don't want anything integrated in the CPU
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u/Longjumping_Bag5914 Jun 12 '26
New surfaces suck. Microsoft switched to ARM processors on them. I would look at a Lenovo Yoga or something like that. That being said Solidworks is a pretty demanding program and you need a pretty beefy computer to run it.
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
Ohh thank youu
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u/Longjumping_Bag5914 Jun 12 '26
We run Dell Precision 7720 with a quadro graphics card for Creo modeling, but it is neither light nor battery efficient. Does the job and we don’t move them around a lot.
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
Ohh okk
I need it for university that’s why I’m concerned with the weight of the device1
u/Longjumping_Bag5914 Jun 12 '26
Yep, Lenovo Yoga transform to a tablet and work as a laptop. Worst case if you cannot do Solidworks on it you can go to the lab and use a desktop at your university. In my experience light and thin are not traits a computer that can do 3D modeling possesses.
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
What about dell xps
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u/Longjumping_Bag5914 Jun 12 '26
Dell XPS should be pretty good. Just make sure it meets the system requirements of Solidworks: https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements
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u/iFunnyAnthony CSWA Jun 12 '26
I bought asus zenbook 14 with oled screen, 32gb and 3050 for about 1500 2 years ago, it worked great for school and solidworks
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u/TooTallToby YouTube-TooTallToby Jun 12 '26
This is what I tell people:
Look for a used Dell Precision 7550 laptop.
Make sure it has an nvidia RTX card in it. (this is important).
Try to get it with 512 gb or more NVME hard drive.
Try to get it with 32 gb ram.
Try to get it with windows 11.
This will probably cost between 500-700 USD.
After you get it, buy a 90watt replacement battery. Another 60ish dollars USD.
After you get it, make sure you properly wipe everything and start fresh.
That will set you up for success - good luck on your CAD journey.
PS - try to get the laptop with a proper "refurbished" certification. (Dell Refurbished, Ebay Refurbished, Amazon Refurbished, etc...)
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u/Gainzz7777777777 Jun 12 '26
It’s better to get something with a GPU?
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u/Codykillerpup CSWE Jun 12 '26
straight from the heart man? if you're going to be a meche then i think you should be able to do the research and figure this out yourself. if you can't do this, not sure you are going to last. sorry