The best notebook for architecture students

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<p>everything is going swell in the architecture department of UCLA, a little artsy in my opinion. Our first project was to do a hand drawing of our model and now were going to translate it into computer.</p>

<p>unfortunately I have a two year old compaq Presario v2000 and it is slow when using autocad 2008, adobe suite, etc. I think it’s time for a upgrade. Any suggestions-</p>

<li>the best for the “bang of the buck”</li>
<li>the top of the line, most expensive</li>
<li>it’s cheap, but it works.</li>
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<p>I roll with the Lenovo T61P. I guess it fits somewhere in between category 1 and 2. It is much better than getting a high-performance dell (especially with the graphics card in the T61P - beats the graphics cards most other manufacturers use for their high-end). However, it is no Alienware monster.</p>

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<p>there is never enough memory…you’ll need as much memory as you can. make sure it has a good graphics card (not integrated with the processor)</p>

<p>i know UCLA is extremely computer based…so it might even be advantageous of you to buy a desktop with lots of RAM and memory if you’re concerned about price.</p>

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<p>im concerned with mobility as well.</p>

<p>well…should mobility be a concern?</p>

<p>maybe one of those shuttle pcs?</p>

<p>i know a desktop is a lot cheaper, but just having to carry a pc easily is a plus for me. </p>

<p>if only those little imacs had a good video card…</p>