Mac For Engineering 2016
The high-end laptop market for engineering may be shrinking, as more work gets moved to the cloud, but there are still plenty of good options. Just like with gamers, engineers pose one of the toughest design challenges for laptop makers. Engineering applications need plenty of memory, graphics horsepower, and large screens — all hurdles in designing stylish, lightweight laptops. The result is something of a trade-off between performance and convenience. The only constant seems to be price. Laptops that can perform an engineering workload get more powerful every year, but usually don’t come down in price.
Not every engineer will make the same compromises, but there are a few laptops that stand out for use by engineers, depending on their specific needs. This year we’ve also included a couple options aimed a little more towards engineering students — who are usually on a more limited budget, and may also need something smaller and lighter. So what’s the for engineers and engineering students? Here are several excellent systems, newly updated for 2017 — one of which will get the job done for you. HP ZBook 17 G3 Once again HP has delivered a state-of-the-art portable engineering workstation, with the G3 update to its well-regarded ZBook 17. The new model is about 25 percent lighter, faster, has more battery life, and comes with a wide array of GPU and display options. New this year are full support for touch, UHD displays, and Windows 10.
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For color critical tasks DreamColor is available, though it still doesn’t work with touch. The ZBook 17 G3 starts with an appealing base price of $1,500, but options drive that up very quickly. For those who want more portability and can give up the massive display, the ZBook 15 now weighs in at only 5.7-pounds.
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To cut down further on weight, you can give up some GPU performance and extensibility with either the 4.4-pound ZBook Studio or 4.2-pound ZBook 15u. • Price: $1,500 and up • Razer Blade (with 7th Gen Core i7) The Razer Blade was already a favorite of the Silicon Valley tech community, and the new version has updated to a 7th generation 2.8GHz Core i7-7700HQ and a state-of-the-art Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU. You can choose between a 14-inch HD and a 4K UHD touch-enabled display. The SSD is a high-performance PCIe version, available in sizes up to 1TB. The system still supports only 16GB of DDR4 memory — so those with larger memory requirements will be out of luck. Interestingly, Razer suggests the machine is beefy enough to handle VR applications, although probably not the most demanding ones.
The system is rounded out with a Thunderbolt 3 USB-C port and two USB 3.0 ports. You’ll need an adapter to power an HDMI, DVI, or VGA display. As you’d expect from Razer there are some gaming-community-friendly features, like a super-colorful keyboard backlight.
For those who need ultimate graphics performance, you can pair the unit with a Razer Core GPU docking station when you’re not on the road. The Razer Blade sells for $2,000 with 256GB of SSD, and is one of the thinnest high-powered laptops, at.7-inches. • Price: $2,000 • Dell Precision 17 Not to be left behind, Dell has also provided solid upgrades for its portable workstations. The flagship Dell Precision 17 comes with a 4K UHD display, can tote 4TB of storage, and is available with either i5, i7, or Xeon 7th generation processors and up to 64GB of memory. As you’d expect from a top model, it is available with either AMD Radeon Pro or Nvidia Quadro GPUs.
Nothing very exciting as far as ports, with USB 3.0, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, although the latest refresh also adds a Thunderbolt 3 type C port. Like the ZBook 17, the starting price is a very reasonable $1,599, but adds up rapidly if you pile on the options like a 1080p or 4K display.
It hasn’t gone on a diet the way the HP has, though, weighing in at 7.55 pounds. • Price: $1,600 and up • Lenovo ThinkPad P51. Since purchasing the ThinkPad product line from IBM, Lenovo has worked to keep up its reputation among business and engineers alike. Out of its portable workstations, the new ThinkPad P51 is likely the sweet spot for most. With a 15.6-inch screen, it’s something of a mid-size offering. Befitting that, you can get it with either 7th generation Intel Core or v6 Xeon CPU, Quadro GPU, and up to a UHD IPS display that Lenovo says provides nearly 180-degree viewing — as well as Dolby audio. For many, the iconic TrackPoint is reason enough to consider a ThinkPad, while for others the little stick is merely a curiosity.
The P51 measures up on expandability, supporting up to 64GB of memory and 4TB of storage. You’ll also find plenty of ports, including 4 USB 3.0 ports, a USB 3.1 Thunderbolt 3 port, HDMI, mini-DisplayPort, Ethernet, and a card reader.
At 5.6 pounds, it isn’t all that heavy for the power it packs. A large variety of ports are standard, but keyboard backlighting is optional. • Price: TBD (coming soon) • Boxx GoBoxx MXL VR You don’t have to go brand name to get a mobile powerhouse. While white-box-style vendors are much less common for laptops, there are still some with many loyal customers. Boxx specializes in workstation power computers, and its GoBoxx MXL VR 17-inch laptop measures up to anything you can get from a big name OEM. From the name you can tell it’s ready for VR gaming. The VR version comes with a 4.2GHz 7th gen quad core Core i7 CPU, an Nvidia GTX 1070 GPU, and 16GB of memory.
