Work laptop that will run autocad

[dpue243]

I am currently looking for a new laptop for work as my 8 year old MacBook pro is starting to get very slow and very hot.

I'll mainly be using for autocad in work and would like to switch to Windows.

Can anyone advise on what would be best? Don't want anything too big as I'll be carrying it around in work, so I want to stay away from gaming laptops and anything over 15 inches.

I'll probably look to pay it off monthly as work gave me a raise to get one. My budget is around £1500 but I might stretch a little further if it's a laptop that would last a long time.

Can anyone give me some advise or suggest specific laptops?

Thank you in advance

 

[dpue243]

It'll mostly just be 2d plans, would do 3d the odd time but not in that much detail. I'm a setting out engineer so it'll not be overly detailed in 3d.

 

[dpue243]

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What do you think of the above laptop?

 

[dpue243]

Would I get away with something with a Intel HD graphics card? Or does it need to be a dedicated one? Everything I've seen with dedicated gives up a lot of the battery which isn't the best if I'm on a building site.

 

[dpue243]

What's the model/size of your current MacBook Pro?
That would be best starting point for figuring out what kind size is acceptable.

My current MacBook is:
13-inch, late 2011
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
16GB 1333 Mix DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512mb