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Black Friday Laptop and Monitor for 2-D AutoCAD

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Logan

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Hello!

I'm a structural engineer working almost exclusively in 2-D AutoCAD drawing sets for single family homes, apartments, and commercial buildings. I currently work with an underpowered, company-provided PC and a 1920x1080 LG 32 FHD.

I used to work on a 2013 15" MacBookPro with Retina display and didn't experience the eye fatigue I get using this 32" 1920x1080 display (PPI is too low). Going forward, my job will be mostly on the road, so I'd like to move back to (1) a higher resolution laptop with (2) a large, higher resolution monitor at home (extended screen, CAD on monitor and email on laptop). It sounds like the laptop should be 4k so that I don't have any scaling issues when I connect to the 4k monitor at home. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding something anywhere in this post--I'd love to learn more.

(1) I'd like a 15" laptop with a 4K screen that can run 2-D AutoCAD smoothly while Outlook email, Adobe Acrobat, and Chrome are running simultaneously. I don't game, but I occasionally watch movies on my laptop. My budget is $2000. It seems like the Dell G7 15" or Gigabyte AERO 15 fit the bill, but I'm not sure if they're overpowered for what I need. I'm a little wary of OLED for the screen, since AutoCAD has static menu bars that seem like they could burn-in. Which 2-3 laptops would you recommend? Have you had any experience with AutoCAD menu burn-in on OLED screens?

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...aptop/spd/g-series-15-7500-laptop/gn7500ehzfh

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Laptop/AERO-15-Classic--Intel-9th-Gen/sp#sp

(2) For the monitor, I'm thinking > or = 32". My desk is 70" x 30" with the monitor centered, and I frequently move around the desk to view 11" x 17" drawings. It seems like a flat panel would be best to maintain decent picture while I'm moving around. I think an IPS display sounds like the best option for viewing angles. Which 2-3 monitors would you recommend? Have you had any experience with AutoCAD menu burn-in on OLED screens?

I appreciate you sharing your time, experience, and knowledge.

Thanks for the help,

Logan
 
Alex Glawion

Alex Glawion

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Hey Logan,
Yes burn in on oleds is a possibility. You should set your screensaver or sleep timer to 30s or so, to prevent something like that. The Gigabyte Aero Laptops are a good choice that are recommended often on this site and the Dell G and MSI Creator Laptops too are great alternatives.

As for the Monitor, feel free to give these guides a once over to see what we recommend: https://www.cgdirector.com/best-monitor-graphic-design-video-editing-3d/
 
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