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Originally Posted by rageguy

At the OP's budget, it's pretty much whatever you can afford. No, you can't get a decent machine because your requirements are too high. But you could just live with a slight wait in rendering, right? Go make a coffee.

Samsung NP530U4C-S02CA Intel Core i5 3317M 6GB 1TB 14in GT620M DVDRW WLAN Win7 HP Ultrabook

$799.99+tax. Core i5, 6GB of ram, 1TB hard drive, GT620M. It's an average machine that runs your software at an average speed.

The Lenovo I posted is a better deal overall. For $50 more she'd be getting an i7, more ram, and a faster graphics card. Cost would be the extra weight of about a pound more.