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Scott3
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  #3164760 27-Nov-2023 23:03
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graham007:
gzt: Likewise my personal machines are all ex-lease commercials. It is not uncommon to get machines that look almost new. These guys have a good range of Dell Precision laptop machines today. At least one dock is showing there.

https://nzpcclearance.co.nz/?s=Dell+precision&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1

Personally I'd look at spending half the money you planned and get a commerical quality machine with good cooling. Replace in three years if you feel the need. Battery, well these kind of machines spend most of their life plugged in anyway.

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Thanks for taking the time and your guidance .

Is this site genuine and do they have good genuine products , good customer support.

Can they increase ram to 64 GB and offer warranty.


They list a physical store in New Lynn if you want to size up the operation.

Unlikely anything is fake. Pritty easy for the buyer to check they are getting the listed specs.

 

It's a clearance store, but they offer 6mo hardware warranty on the one laptop I clicked on.

Beware some of the stuff on their is very old (the M4800 is just the refresh of my personal M4700 which is now over a decade old).

But if you pick a nicer one (i.e. the Dell Precision 7530 with the P2000 graphics card for $1,299), this is likely to do what you need for a year or two. - Pritty sure this is what I was issued in 2017 or 2018 & it was worth a mint at the time.

But of course if you are willing to spend $2200, the one on trademe I linked prior has graphics board that did 74% better in benchmarks...

 

Should note that unless you are willing to plug and unplug several cords every time you take your laptop off your desk (to be fair this is what I did with my consumer grade laptop at uni), you should budget for a docking station also.




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  #3166081 30-Nov-2023 00:23
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gzt: Likewise my personal machines are all ex-lease commercials. It is not uncommon to get machines that look almost new. These guys have a good range of Dell Precision laptop machines today. At least one dock is showing there.

https://nzpcclearance.co.nz/?s=Dell+precision&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1

Personally I'd look at spending half the money you planned and get a commerical quality machine with good cooling. Replace in three years if you feel the need. Battery, well these kind of machines spend most of their life plugged in anyway.

2c.

 

Likewise.

 

I regularly buy and sell ex-lease machines, and generally they arrive in perfect condition. I try to stay with the same supplier, one I trust - Abilities Group.

 

 


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  #3166094 30-Nov-2023 06:47
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Scott3:

 

On that final link, it may be a desktop work station (which will normally deliver more bang for buck), but that one is old. The Quadro M6000 (12GB?) graphic's card was extremely high end, but was launched back in March 2015... The late 2019 era NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q in the Lenovo I linked to is 34% faster. And it's the mobile form factor OP wanted.

 

 

True, I will defer to you there.
The workstation you linked is def better and since you work in the CAD industry, will happily go with your advice on the matter, not my area.

Moblie workstations are the norm these days, Covid pretty much forced my work to transition nearly everyone over.
Reason I was suggesting an older traditional desk work station is due to OP's budget, while slower and older it was about 40% cheaper.
It would let OP dabble in Revit with the specs they are after, without hitting their max budget of about $2K. 

 

However you are right, I am ignoring OP's preference to be moblie and that might be the bigger factor here. 
Cloud will be the future but I don't think it is here just yet? looking online I think you can only view Revit designs with BIM 360?
Not my area, so again Scott3 is the expert here, would go with their advice.


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