Oh wise and learned folk of the forum, I seek thy counsel:
I've reached the point where my 6GB Dell laptop running SU8 Pro, SU Podium, Podium Walker & Photoshop Elements 9 just isn't really performing adequately. I am willing to invest Β£2-3k in something that I hope to get 3years minimum out of, but I'm terrified of throwing my money at the wrong thing. I work from home and site so I need to have a device that can go with me and my models are always commercial building interiors and exteriors, so a good library of textures/models is always good. SU Podium served its purpose in the past, but I think it's rather dated now, plus I would like to use render software that previews renders rather than wait half an hour for a render that has failed for some reason or other. Anyway, if you would be so kind as to advise on the criteria below, I would be overjoyed.
Best Mobile Workstation (small details will mean a lot to me here as I've no clue which graphics card etc to get)-
Best Render Engine (must include ability to make video) -
Best post processing software -
I'm posting it in the Sketchup forum as everything hinges on it. Without Sketchup then the other software is useless. I'm also acutely aware of various threads in a similar vein to this, but I'm a new one man business and I am really hoping for some customised advice as I don't know where else to turn to.
Thank you.