<p>I’ll do mechanical or electrical engineering. I’m leaning towards a portable laptop (13" or 14") under $600. I’ll use it mostly for chatting, surfing, and running MS Office, since I can do technical computing in the engineering labs.</p>
<p>However, are there times when having AutoCAD on your own PC really helps? If yes, is having good enough graphics for engineering modeling compatible with my above specifications?</p>
<p>By the way, I won’t game on my laptop.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for recs!</p>