Precision 5000 5490

Yeah, it’s not as reinforced as the older ThinkPads, but overall I still think it’s a solid choice. If you’re looking for a chassis that’s clearly more rigid than modern ThinkPads, you’d probably have to look at a MacBook Pro 14 or something like the Dell Precision 5490 / HP ZBook Firefly 14 with a

I’ve worked with both the MacBook Air M1 and the Dell Precision 5490. When I joined the company, they initially gave me the Dell. The machine is beautifully built. The touchpad is decent for the model, and it even had a touchscreen, although I honestly never found any real use for it. Due to limitat

Are you in the US? $200 is basically ebay money. Search up Dell Precision 5490, 5400, 5410, 5420, and 5430. Ideally you want to get 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD at minimum. This one, for example, looks pretty good: https://www.ebay.com/itm/236593763992 - you might want to cover that black blemish wit

thinkpad, p1 is great, there’s also p16 and p14s. they come equipped with workstation gpu (rtx 2000 ada vs 4060) if you want and those are designed for cad in mind vs gaming. look for i7/ultra 7, kind of a sweet spot in terms of thermals and performance but will still get hot. as much ram as you can

Lenovo would be my choice of the two, but if you extend your budget a little, I'd get https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/precision-5490-workstation/spd/precision-14-5490-laptop/xctop5490usvp On the 5480 myself and its great all arounder.