Thinking about a new laptop, can anyone help?

Hi all, I'm new to the forums and I am looking to buy a new laptop. I was hoping somebody could help me. I am currently a college student going for an engineering degree. I'm not to familiar with computers, but I do know with all the CAD I plan on doing, I will need a solid laptop. My budget is only up to $1,000. I have done previous research on laptops, and most of my choices came to gaming laptops because of their graphics capabilities. Again, I am a college student, so I will use this for things other than school and gaming.

I am looking for a laptop that is 15.6" and i7.

I have narrowed down my search to 5 different laptops. I have made an exception for 2 of the options on the budget because I thought these laptops were very exceptional.

1. MSI GE60 Apache -033 15.6-Inch Laptop

2. ASUS ROG GL551

3. Lenovo Y50

4. Lenovo Z50

5. Toshiba Satellite P50

Comments:

I am mostly leaning towards the MSI at this point. I like the specs and from the reviews I have read and seen online, it looks like a really solid computer. The customizable keyboard is a plus .

I have read reviews on the ASUS ROG and it seems there is a lot of trouble with the sound quality and the keyboard. This is still a top contender though because of its price.

For the Lenovo laptops, I thought they both have excellent specs and I have heard good things about Lenovo. I don't exactly see much of a difference from the two laptops other than the price (Thoughts?).

The Toshiba P50 is a top choice because of its touchscreen option. The link I attached doesn't show my customizations to it, but overall it will come below $1,000.

All in all, currently I am mostly between these laptops. If I had to rank my current choices, it would be MSI, Z50, ROF, P50, Y50. I am not looking too much into other laptop choices right now. If you guys could just help me choose between these laptops, that would be great. Thanks!

 

hi you guys! so i want to run inventor cad on the next laptop im buying the thing is my budget 900$ isnt helping with what i want, i was talking to some friends and checking the specs you need to run it, that would be 12 gb ram plus a buch of other things but everyone says its better if i get a 16 gb ram laptop cuz on the long run ill need it. here are the specs of the software:

System Requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2015 Windows
Operating System Recommended:
64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ¹ ²

Minimum:
32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 (SP1) ¹ ²
CPU Type Recommended:
Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.0 GHz or greater ³

Minimum:
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64, 3 GHz or faster or Intel® or AMD dual core 2 GHz or faster ³
Memory Recommended:
12 GB RAM ⁴

Minimum:
8 GB RAM for less than 500 part assemblies⁴
Graphics Recommended:
Microsoft® Direct3D 11® or capable graphics card or higher ⁵

Minimum:
Microsoft® Direct3D 10® capable graphics card or higher ⁵
Other

• DVD-ROM ⁶
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for Autodesk® 360 functionality, web downloads, and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10 ⁷
• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 or higher
• Microsoft® Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 SP1 ⁸