4 Best Macbooks For 3D Modeling: Expert Picks

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Customer Review: “Have been purchasing Apple products since the 1980’s. I still appreciate the seamless integration between devices (iphones, ipads, apple computers.) I am very, very rough on my electronics, and apple products hold up well. This latest MacBook Air is able to do what I need it to do, and has plenty of storage capacity. It’s very light weight, making it super portable. Incrementally better than my 2020 Macbook Pro, and at a lower price point.”

Customer Review: “Long time Apple MacBook Air user. This is my third MacBook but second Air model. Oddly enough. was in the market for a new laptop and was on the fence about shelling out the money for another MacBook or an Air. I grabbed this steal around Christmas time. The processor is lighting fast, the display is gorgeous and the size is perfect for toting around. I have not had to keep this laptop charged up often as the battery seems to last for an extremely long time! Highly recommend.”

Customer Review: “Bought this despite the average 3-star rating, though to be fair…there weren’t many reviews to begin with between this 1070 model and the 1080 model…I was hoping to be one of the “lucky” ones who would land a problem-free unit, and I can confidently say that I do indeed have what appears to be a flawless unit (so far)!Pros:- Incredible gaming power; maxing out Destiny 2 on the absolute highest settings and I get 115+ FPS the majority of the time (you’ll get normal dips to 80+ FPS at times, though this is normal as even my Titan Xp desktop rig does this depending on if things are loading on screen or there’s a specific instance with a ton of activity for a split second, etc). I also managed a surprisingly stable max OC of +200mhz on core and memory using MSI Afterburner on stock voltages…basically making up the ground to being a “true” 1070 as opposed to the slightly lower-clocked Max-Q version that this is supposed to be.- Extremely lightweight! Even with the power brick, this is an ultra-portable powerhouse and somehow feels even lighter than my work Surface Book.- Fantastic design; the bottom opening up when the screen is opened to ventilate, the copper accents, etc…it’s certainly one of the better looking “gaming” laptops out there. It is a fingerprint magnet though, but I don’t think that deserves to knock off a star.- Great keyboard; tactile enough and super quiet- Boot up time takes literally 5 seconds…it’s actually impressive- 120hz display w/ G-Sync…need I say more? The 1080p res is perfect for a 15.6″ screen as well (i’ve owned 4k laptops at this size and honestly, give me 1080p @ 120 FPS w/ G-Sync over 4k @ 60hz for a gaming laptop any day).Cons:- Can’t repaste CPU or GPU without voiding warranty (sticker is there), and combing through forums it seems that using something like Gelid Extreme or Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut makes an 8-10c difference on the max temps of both the CPU and GPU; this is a big deal, as though the laptop is engineered to last, it’s always nice to keep temps as low as possible to squeeze out as much longevity as possible.- Undervolting the CPU with Intel’s XTU tool is pretty much a MUST…I managed to undervolt mine by -0.130v and it made a 7-8c difference in max temps. This is important as the CPU and GPU share the heatsink pipes and any amount of temps you can drop helps. After the undervolting I have yet to see either the CPU or GPU come close to 80c during gaming (i’ve seen reports of 90c without undervolting) and i’m guessing that undervolting combined with new thermal paste would probably result in low-mid 70s TOPS on this during gaming even at warm ambient temps.- The ROG branding is fine, but for a laptop in this price range, ASUS should really tone it down…the “Republic of Gamers” lettering on the screen bezel is too gaudy, and the red LEDs on the bottom of the machine can’t be turned off…I would have paid more money to have these things removed to make the laptop more “acceptable” for professional use (or if you’re just trying to be generally considerate in a dark room or something).Bottom line is….if you’re looking for a sleek and portable gaming powerhouse to max out most modern games and a 120hz/G-Sync display is important to you, and price is generally not a concern…you can’t go wrong with the GX501!PS: For those wondering if the 1080 version is worth the price premium…i’d say no, not for 1080p even at 120hz…i’d save the $500 as OC’ing the 1070 Max-Q in this unit is PLENTY of power already…and I say this as a guy who bought a Titan Xp over a 1080 Ti…. :P”

Customer Review: “Wow, what can I say… let me try to constrain my emotions and keep my ROG fan boy inside my pants for a moment and write an unbiased review to the best of my abilities.1. CPU is amazing it blows my dell’s i7-7700HQ out of the water. x700HQ has been a staple for years and who wouldve thought 8th gen intel has come so far. it does everything so buttery smooth in windows 10 and 6-cores (12 threads)2. GPU is amazingThis is one of the thinnest laptop if not the thinnest that I have ever seen or used with these type of specs. GTX 1070 max P is definitely a powerful beast. It runs BF1 at max settings at 1080p perfectly fine, with G-Sync turned onI would say at this point, built-in display limited at 1080p is becoming a let downbut matters not, I am going to test the limits of it via a USB-C thunderbolt to DisplayPort cable and hook it up to an AGON AG352UCG6 monitor and run it at 120Hz G-Sync and see how it does at 3440x14403D Mark11 yielded around 22K of scoremost importantly is there is a switch for turning the dedicated graphics off, just using Intel that saves a lot of battery power if I am just doing a presentation on the go, it is nice they’ve thought of this instead of making a pure gaming machine (no laptop should be so single purposed)3. Friggin fast SSDI do graphics work and video editing work on this occassionally and it has kept up with loading Premier and transcoding the files very fast, thanks to the graphics card being utilized by Adobe. When transfering the large files, its kept up its paces too although I am not putting the drive to work nearly its advertised limits since I/O is still the limitation. There is a Dell thunderbolt 3 external SSD Drive out, I may buy that and test it outI believe this SSD inside the ASUS is an iteration of the Samsung 970 EVO, definitely one of the fastest out there (except for the Pro)the 1TB hybrid drive is no slouch either, enough to store some of the files (while the rest are on NAS), and hasnt been too much of a bottle beck4. Clever chassis designThe chassis is pretty smart, since it has a piece on the bottom that pops open when I open the lid to a certain degreethis has allowed for cooler air to enter from the bottom and sides, especially useful as a tilt that helps with my typing tooThis is particularly useful too when using on the lap or on the bed where bottom tends to get muffled with blankers or something softwith about an hour of encoding, the cooling setup inside has kept the machine not too noisy, doing its job of efficiently cooling the GPU and CPUthe keyboard area has remained fairly cool, under 45C for most of the time5. Decent screenScreen and its bezels are the only partial let down of the machinevisually, the quality is great and i havent noticed any blurring or tearing with G-Sync turned oncolor accuracy seems good enough for most graphics work although I still use an external monitor with higher DCI-P3 profile for video editingI havent experienced much input lag or slow response time so things are peachy therebezels though…. they are still large in a day and age where infinite edge displays and super narrow bezels are becoming common on $1300 laptops, yet this $2k machine is still rocking the thick arse bezels… what gives?6. Fancy keyboard and lightingThere is some glow around the laptop and backlit keyboard is pretty colorfulI am not one for the rainbow scheme of color in my gaming laptop so ive set it to just red and dim for nowthere are so many apps and settings that I havent gone deep enough to figure it all out yetand that is one of the problems… too many apps and settings!I suppose I am not geeky enough wanting to tinker with those all the time7. Upcoming upgradesSeeing how I am running close to the 16GB of RAM, I plan on adding another 16GB soonI opened up the mem bay and it is a good sign that both slots are operable, while only one is occupied by the 1x16GB 2666, I will add another 16GB soonAnother upgrade is I plan on adding a thunderbolt 3 port hub that has more USB ports, displayport out (USB-C alt mode), gigabit ethernethard to find one that exactly matches my need so will need to do a bit more research (watch out for compatibility with 4K monitors)”

Customer Review: “Have been purchasing Apple products since the 1980’s. I still appreciate the seamless integration between devices (iphones, ipads, apple computers.) I am very, very rough on my electronics, and apple products hold up well. This latest MacBook Air is able to do what I need it to do, and has plenty of storage capacity. It’s very light weight, making it super portable. Incrementally better than my 2020 Macbook Pro, and at a lower price point.”

Customer Review: “Long time Apple MacBook Air user. This is my third MacBook but second Air model. Oddly enough. was in the market for a new laptop and was on the fence about shelling out the money for another MacBook or an Air. I grabbed this steal around Christmas time. The processor is lighting fast, the display is gorgeous and the size is perfect for toting around. I have not had to keep this laptop charged up often as the battery seems to last for an extremely long time! Highly recommend.”