Any recent Civil Engineering grads around? My niece is starting Civil/Structural at Utah State and wants a

Jun 20, 2024
5:31:00pm

Radioactive Coug Sometimes Coherant

Recommendation on a laptop. I was mechanical and had one that could do CAD but I'm not sure what would be good for a structural. Anyone know if having a laptop that can handle modeling needs would be helpful or is it not necessary?

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Any recent Civil Engineering grads around? My niece is starting Civil/Structural at Utah State and wants a

Radioactive Coug Sometimes Coherant

Jun 20, 5:31pm

Not recent, but I would recommend Lenovo ThinkPads. The industry uses them

3ngin33rCoug

Jun 20, 5:39pm

We use Dell laptops. I can solve 1M+ DOF models no problem.

delux_247

Jun 20, 6:14pm

I thought I needed a super machine when I was in school (also CE at USU)

Leonardo

Jun 20, 5:49pm

I'd imagine they have an engineering lab with high power machines at school. I'm

delux_247

Jun 20, 6:12pm

Thanks all. We found her a good Yoga she likes. Should work out well.

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