What is the most optimum laptop that balances affordability and power to run decently/well software like matlab or mathematica?
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
>>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.