Decent CAD laptops under $1000

[sanddrag]

Many offerings with discrete graphics on sale from Lenovo right now:

Y50:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...01C9:000166DC:

Y50 touch:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...01C9:00015885:

Y50 4K UHD:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...01C9:00015884:

U31:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...#tab-customize

And this one from Acer (probably the best all-around value, spec-wise at the moment)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834315131

Note, I have no first-hand experience with any of these.

EDIT: Here's one more, from Asus. Compared to the ones above, this one has an SSD.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...aa369323960000

[maxnz]

I use an Alienware 17 R3 for cad. One small glitch with Solidworks is that the icons are extremely minuscule. This doesn't happen with composer or electrical, though.

What I'm trying to say is, be mindful when considering the resolution of the display. I've looked into how to fix the problem but haven't tried any of the ways I've found, so I don't know if they work.

[lynca]

Thanks for the links ! I should do more shopping with advice from CD

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by maxnz

I use an Alienware 17 R3 for cad. One small glitch with Solidworks is that the icons are extremely minuscule. This doesn't happen with composer or electrical, though.

What I'm trying to say is, be mindful when considering the resolution of the display. I've looked into how to fix the problem but haven't tried any of the ways I've found, so I don't know if they work.

I figured out the solution to the scaling problem, so if you buy an UHD screen, read this thread.