Thanks for the reply Hatts,
I am looking for something well rounded and portable that will support anything I throw at it. It will be used for anything from 3d renders in illustrator, keyshot or vray to modeling in Catia, Rhino, Solidworks and Maya. I might be animating a motor assembly, a derailleur on a mountain bike or even doing some motion graphics with Maya or 3d Studio Max. I am not using much else other than SolidWorks and Rhino at the moment, but I am looking to get into Maya and 3d studio max alot more in the future, so I’m not sure what that will entail as far as my needs for performance go. I might play a few games of TF2 as well…
I have looked at some of the other Lenovo’s but most only allow up to 8 Gb’s of Ram; which is what I am currently running in my Mac Book Pro and is not quick enough for me. I know! Its a shame that the thinkpad’s aesthetics haven’t changed a bit.