Hi all,

a friend of mine is starting his design study next month and requires a laptop (student budget). Students have to use solidworks. Requirements are defined by Fontys (University) and SolidWorks.

At least I found 2 laptops according to budget.

My question: Are the following laptops suitable for SolidWorks? Does anybody have experiences with these laptops and SolidWorks?

Requirements fontys: at least I5, Win 7/8, 4GB RAM, 15" 1366x768

first choice: lenovo thinkpad w541

• Intel Core i5-4210M Prozessor (3M Cache, bis zu 3,2 GHz) 4. Generation, Dual-Core        
• NVIDIA Quadro K1100M (2 GB) Grafikkarte optimal für Workstations
• 39,6cm (15,6") 16:9 Full HD (1.920 x 1.080) LED Display, matt
• Perfekte Farben mit integriertem X-Rite® Farbkalibrator
• 4 GB Arbeitsspeicher, 500 GB-Festplatte     
• lichtempfindliche HD Webcam mit Gesichtserkennung      
• USB 3.0, VGA, miniDisplayport, Dockinganschluss, Fingerabdruckscanner    
• Tastatur mit großem multitouch Trackpad & Trackpoint mit Nummernblock      
• Akkulaufzeit bis zu 11 Stunden
• mit Windows 7 & 8.1 Professional

second choice: Asus Pro PU551JH-CN021G

• Intel® Core™ i5-4210M Prozessor (Dual-Core)

  2,6 GHz mit Turbo-Boost bis zu 3,2 GHz, 3 MB Cache, 15 Watt TDP

• 8 GB DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM

• 500 GB SATA

• DVD+/-RW DL Brenner

• 39,6 cm (15 Zoll) Full-HD Display mit LED-Hintergrundbeleuchtung  1.920 x 1.080 Pixel, (16:9) Widescreen

• NVIDIA Quadro K1100M Grafik  2048 MB VRAM  HDMI, VGA

• Altec Lansing Lautsprecher

• Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s)  Wireless LAN 802.11 ac

• Microsoft Windows 7 + 8.1 Professional 64 Bit

I am thankful for all help and information, Jürgen.