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Question

College laptop hp studio G3 or Lenovo ideapad y-700

Aug 12, 2016 9:25AM PDT

Hello,

Next month I am going to study and I need a good laptop. It's a engineering study and my university advises the Zbook studio G3: http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?sel=NTB&...
RAM: 8 GB
CPU: i7 6700HQ
GPU: Nvidia quadro M1000M 4gb
HDD: 256 gb SSD
Warranty: 3 years + very good and fast service
Price: 1387 pounds/1603€/1792$

But I was thinking about the Lenovo Ideapad y700:
RAM: 16 GB
CPU: i7 6700HQ
GPU Nvidia GTX 960m 4gb
HDD: 1 TB HDD + 128 m.2 SSD
Warranty: 2 years
Price: 950 pounds/1100€/1230$

I want to use my laptop for design software such as Solidworks and I also want to play games in my spare time (such as gta V or overwatch). I am not a hardcore gamer though.
I can get both laptops for the same prize (950 pounds/1100€/1230$).
So I was wondering which laptop would be a better choice.
And is this (https://gaming.msi.com/article/do-you-know-new-nvidia-q...) article true, so it doesn't matter if I game with the quadro or the GTX?
Thanks in advance.

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The links in your post are dead.
Aug 12, 2016 10:42AM PDT

The 960m does beat the 1000m by a wide margin. If I were to choose, the y700.

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Cringe.
Aug 12, 2016 9:45AM PDT

I'd keep shopping. HP burned me at http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/which-laptop-is-the-best/ so imagine a student. It could be very bad news.

The y700 display was noted to have some flicker so while I think it's a nice one, the display on certain colors was flickering (this is on the web and I saw it on the y510p series.)

The think you discover is that for heave CAD you are looking at gaming laptops. Take a look at the current ASUS ROG line.

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Graphics wise
Aug 12, 2016 10:31AM PDT

It's close to being a wash.
The 960m might win by a notch.
Which I suppose might help with gaming.