notamondayfan Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I'm just about to order a laptop for home use when I'm not in the office. My desktop and rendernode will take care of any rendering, and the laptop could help by DR when needed. Anyway, I've seen this http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ACER-V3-771G-NX.M1WEK.002__1451125.html and that's around my budget (£1000 / $1500) My main spec is 17" full HD i7 16gb ram 1.5tb + harddrive I've searched my usual places, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd like to hear them! Also I'd prefer a matte screen (the above acer is gloss), but I could look into matte screen protectors. Cheers, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlallemyr Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I would prefer and choose a matte/anti-glare screen, and a Acer would probably not be my first option. The graphicscard is ok. Maybe a quadro like K1100M would perform better in the viewport but since Autodesk 2012 programs the difference in performance could be tiny . There's really many laptops that has a GT650M aswell as the never GT750M. I would also look at a laptop with a 15.6 inch screen with Full HD 1920x1080 px. The Asus N550JV with matte screen is a good one. Personally I've been looking for laptop for a really long while. The Dell M4800 has quite resonably priced, but I'am not shure at all if I need the Quadro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I don't know UK vendors but I see a lot of systems that are basically like this - 17" screen (make sure it's a high res one), high specs all around, not too expensive, but weighs a ton (over 7 pounds, not including the power adapter etc.) and gets crap battery life if you run intensive tasks. As laptops go, these are good for our needs. This one has the advantage of not having gamer ornamentation (no glowing red skulls etc.) so you can take it to the office without embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 @Karl, it's interesting you mention 15 inch screen. I prefer a large screen, as only 1 screen would be used. How do people find working on a 15 inch screen with max, photoshop, etc? @Andrew, yea they weigh quite a bit, but it's a compromise I'm happy to make though. And yea the lack of skulls is an advantage!! Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Acer is making great value machines...lots of "glitches" here and there as with anything, but I had 3x Acer laptops over the last years (for immediate family too) and all tick fine despite their age (did have a WD 320GB HDD die on me, but...). Some of them never go to sleep or shut down for months - thanks to my fiancé’s great care who is the main user for 2x of them after I've got my desktop. That said, great value is also found in the Lenovo Y500 series. 15" 1080p, with GT 650s, often go in the $800 range with 3xxx i7, 8GB RAM, GT650 2GB and 500GB HDD. In the 900-950 range I think you can get 1TB HDD or better, add 16GB of Ram and a 32GB SSD caching drive. Mobility is pretty important. Take if from a guy with a 17.3" laptop. Remeber that all of them (13, 15 or 17in) will have a pretty heavy power brick to drag along, but all i7-quad laptops with dedicated GPUs do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Just thought I'd update the thread after purchasing the laptop from the original post. Overall I'm very happy with it so far. My main concerns were soon put to bed when it arrived. Firstly it has a matte screen, not gloss, so that's perfect. It also has 2 harddrives, something which I really wanted, but I had presumed it would just be one 1.5tb drive, and I would have to partition the drive. The C drive is 500gb, the other 1tb, so perfect. Performance wise, it's not as fast as my i7 4770, but it's faster than my older AMD X6 machine. I haven't really given it anything too taxing to do, but so far it's been up to the challenge. The laptop looks very professional, and isn't as heavy as I thought it would be. The only downside so far is the screen colour, it definatly needs colour calibrating. At default it looks dull and blue in tone, but hopefully a decent spider will sort that out. Anyway, if anyone has any questions just ask!! Cheers, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi Dean, I was just wondering if you were still happy with the Acer you purchased? Its currently £900 but did you have to add on the second harddrive? I might be on the road a few months next year and was looking for something I could work on. Screen size ok? Have you done much rendering? Any feedback is much appreciated. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes I'm really happy with it, my only slight issue was the screen calibration from the factory was awful, but calibrated it and now it's very good. Rendering is good, I even use it for distributed render when I'm in the office. Screen size is good, plenty of working space with it being full HD. It came with 2 hard drives, so no need to upgrade unless you want a SSD. Overall very impressed with it. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 thanks dean, could be a good option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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