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Going into a company soon and need to do studio work from home. Planning on buying myself a new laptop that can handle music mixing, graphic design, VFX production and 3D rigging. Has to handle it all like a pro and quietly while moving into a temporary family home.

Recommendations appreciated.

>> No.1318463

>>1318434
Top of the line MacBook pro, VM windows and Linux as needed.

>> No.1318474

XPS 15.

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>> No.1318493

>>1318434

thinkpad p71

>> No.1320561

>>1318434
Asus gl551jw if you don't mind the gaymer colors

>> No.1320758

Asus ZenBook Pro

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>>1318434
>handle it all like a pro
either some thicc 17" workstation laptop or some faggot gaymer laptop
>and quietly
you have no options available to you whatsoever

Having said that, your best option is to buy a laptop with a powerful CPU (any Intel quad core should work--these are guaranteed to be high end in the mobile market) along with a Thunderbolt port, or other port that allows you to connect an external GPU (gaymer laptops)

CPUs age well. CPUs from 2012 are still viable now. GPUs from 2012 are not. This scheme allows you to upgrade your GPU as needed. Caveat: the GPU needs to be plugged into the wall, so you can't use it wherever you want. Not that you would be doing huge pathtracing jobs on the bus.

Laptops that offer a quad core CPU and Thunderbolt 3--the ones that you would want, at least--are any workstation laptop, such as the Dell Precision 5000/7000, or the Lenovo ThinkPad P51/P71.
Some MacBook models also have quad cores and Thunderbolt 3, but I think you'll find that doing this with them is more trouble than it's worth

>> No.1320776

>>1320774
Also: For eGPU purposes, I highly recommend going Intel + Nvidia. Together, both provide superior eGPU support across all operating systems compared to AMD, who seems to not bother with it at all.

>> No.1320807

>>1318434
>laptop
>quiet
>high performance
pick 1

thing is that laptops are by definition light, portable and low power. imagine lugging around a 1000w charger for a laptop or a 9kg battery pack. doesnt happen. doesnt exist. so you get low power graphics and cpu and ram options. which barely gets you to the equivalent of a $600 desktop for a $4000 laptop price range.

>>1320774
as this anon said, look into e-gpu so you can have your fablet on the go and do serious work when you're at home. you will also want to look into workstation GPUs for the external GPU since you're doing CAD type stuff.