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Laptops that are to be used primarily for Engineering tasks need to have a lot of power. Typically, engineering laptops will be used for processor and graphics intensive tasks such as computer aided modelling (CAM), computer aided design (CAD), simulation software and often proprietary and specialist software for specific tasks. Simulation software, large Excel files and Matlab can all require powerful hardware to run effectively. Welcome to today’s search for the Best Laptops for Engineering Students.
To achieve all the necessary requirements, laptops for Engineering need to be fast, efficient and versatile. The processor will need to have multiple cores, be compatible with the range of software that is likely to be used (this will exclude certain ARM processors) and have a good level of cache storage. Some commonly used design software like SolidWorks require a minimum of 8GB of RAM to run effectively (16GB recommended), and resultant designs running to multiple gigabytes are not uncommon, so a large amount of storage is required. The loading times for large files can be greatly reduced by having solid state storage which excludes devices with…
