What is the most optimum laptop that balances affordability and

Any laptop with at least a 4GB 1060.

>>62360428
>matlab or mathematica
You really dont need a supercomputer to run these, unless you plan on doing some wacky shit
a raspberry pi can run those

>>62360428
Anything with 4+ physical cores with 8+GB of ram

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>>62360519
a laptop with a fucking 1060 for matlab and mathematica?

A MacBook Pro.

>>62360523

I actually think of using it for material science, so I think it may be heavy use (I still don't know) but >>62360578 seems reasonable.

>>62360829
in that case a 1060 might not be crazy

>>62360428
Used thinkpad or new asus k series

Wondering this too desu. Every budget laptop is too darn big to be portable

>>62360844

Yeah I'm actually searching for prices and shit is not that cheap, being a student is a pain. Hopefully something will come up.

>>62360428
a celeron lenovo ideapad because it takes nothing to run that shit

>>62361062

Lets add Inventor to the list of software I use, now tell me if that shit dares to run it.

>>62360428
you sound like a student so you prolly should get a x230

>>62361119
No

Now you get a thinkpad, P50 or P60 is good

>>62361158
students should get a surface laptop, has all they need for $800

>>62361258

So the consensus is a thinkpad, though some of the pices seem steep.

>>62361270

I was thinking that but I don't know if at least Mathematica will run smoothly.

>>62361318
I will say everything will run smoothly on a 2.6 Ghz i5, yes

With turbo boost way higher too, it also has HD 620 graphics for running autoCAD

>>62361270
overpriced and restrictive

>>62360428
Get a desktop and remote into it when you need to run sims.

>>62361318
There is a EPP discount if you can find it. The most portable quad core ThinkPad is the T4X0p at 14".

>affordability
>Thinkpad

>>62360428
Lenovo T440P.

Not OP but I've got a chunk of money for a laptop from my uni and I'm thinking about getting that "Thinkpad 25" since I love the keyboard on my T420.

No idea what's even considered good for laptops at this point.

>>62360428
Shit teir bait

>>62360587
Not running matlab or mathematica here. Though some stuff like tensorflow do benefit from cuda

>>62360428
I'm not familiar with those pieces of non-free software, but you can get an X200 for around $50 on eBay and it should be pretty capable.

>>62361031
No joke, check Best Buy. They have sales all the time and you can find really good deals on the open box laptops.

>>62360428
I have an acer with a haswell i5+12 gb ram, and I can run matlab+anaconda+office at the same time without problem, you don't need anything fancy unless of course you wish to waste money

Get a gaming laptop but don't use it for games.