New this year are full support for touch, UHD displays, and Windows 10. The new model is about 25 percent lighter, faster, has more battery life, and comes with a wide array of GPU and display options.
#Laptops for graphic design 2015 update
Once again HP has delivered a state-of-the-art portable engineering workstation, with the G3 update to its well-regarded ZBook 17. So what’s the best laptop for engineers and engineering students? Here are several excellent systems, newly updated for 2017 - one of which will get the job done for you. Not every engineer will make the same compromises, but there are a few laptops that stand out for use by engineers, depending on their specific needs. This year we’ve also included a couple options aimed a little more towards engineering students - who are usually on a more limited budget, and may also need something smaller and lighter. Laptops that can perform an engineering workload get more powerful every year, but usually don’t come down in price. Engineering applications need plenty of memory, graphics horsepower, and large screens - all hurdles in designing stylish, lightweight laptops. The result is something of a trade-off between performance and convenience. Just like with gamers, engineers pose one of the toughest design challenges for laptop makers. The high-end laptop market for engineering may be shrinking, as more work gets moved to the cloud, but there are still plenty of good options.