Where you will have to compromise is in the display. And up to 8.5 hours’ battery life is pretty impressive for the price, too. With 1TB of storage, you get plenty of space to store all your designs. The Asus Aspire 5 is considerably more affordable, and still able to run CAD software smoothly and efficiently. In fact, with 8GB RAM and an 11th generation Intel processor providing 4.2GHz, it’s quite a capable performer. If the first laptop on our list is beyond your means, don’t stress.
