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DragonChi · 08-24-2013, 11:48 AM

ThinkPad W530 Portable Workstation | Lenovo (CA)

To get a better rendering experience through CAD or digital art creation like 3dMAX or Maya, you'll need a workstation class graphics card. Those fall into ATI FireGLs or Nvidia Quadros. Normal video cards like a Nvidia geforce or ATI HD won't give you any extra processing power when it comes to rendering 3D objects.

The laptop linked also has a LCD upgrade with a colour calibration to get better colour accuracy when you're doing photoshop and it has a 1080p screen.

I don't know about batter life. [edit] upon further research, laptopmag clains that is has around 6 hour battery life.[/edit] I would assume that's not using the graphics card, but with light use only, where the graphics card is turned off using, what i would guess, optimus.

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...kpad-w530.aspx

Lenovo ThinkPads have legendary keyboards that are a delight to type on and are all black with a magnesium chassis.

Programming in an IDE is pretty light for the most part, most programs that let you code should run instantly, except MS.net....

Matlab is a monster of a program to launch. Get an SSD and you should be a big difference. Not only in Matlab but starting up all of your programs.

I find that the more RAM you have, the faster Photoshop does its tasks. Especially for big files.

I am a ThinkPad fanboy.

08-24-2013, 11:48 AM	#11
DragonChi HELP ME PLS!!! Join Date: May 2002 Location: vancity Posts: 5,734 Thanked 722 Times in 364 Posts Failed 40 Times in 26 Posts Member's Picture Albums	ThinkPad W530 Portable Workstation \| Lenovo (CA) To get a better rendering experience through CAD or digital art creation like 3dMAX or Maya, you'll need a workstation class graphics card. Those fall into ATI FireGLs or Nvidia Quadros. Normal video cards like a Nvidia geforce or ATI HD won't give you any extra processing power when it comes to rendering 3D objects. The laptop linked also has a LCD upgrade with a colour calibration to get better colour accuracy when you're doing photoshop and it has a 1080p screen. I don't know about batter life. [edit] upon further research, laptopmag clains that is has around 6 hour battery life.[/edit] I would assume that's not using the graphics card, but with light use only, where the graphics card is turned off using, what i would guess, optimus. http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...kpad-w530.aspx Lenovo ThinkPads have legendary keyboards that are a delight to type on and are all black with a magnesium chassis. Programming in an IDE is pretty light for the most part, most programs that let you code should run instantly, except MS.net.... Matlab is a monster of a program to launch. Get an SSD and you should be a big difference. Not only in Matlab but starting up all of your programs. I find that the more RAM you have, the faster Photoshop does its tasks. Especially for big files. I am a ThinkPad fanboy. __________________ DragonChi's BuySell rating Last edited by DragonChi; 08-24-2013 at 02:05 PM.