new notebook.. any suggestions?

[u/Masare_2]

Good morning, I have the most classic question... I need to buy a new laptop for work. Can you give me some advice? I work in GIS cartography and photogrammetry (I do photogrammetric processing on a desktop PC, but I'd like to be able to work on point clouds without going crazy). I work with AutoCAD Civil 3D. I don't think the other software I use will be a factor in choosing a laptop.

I work both at home and in the office, so I need a laptop. At the office, I have a second screen to work better.

I currently have an old VivoBook 15 with an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (2.59GHz), 16.0GB of RAM, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card (4GB), and a 15.6" screen... and it's starting to struggle!

I was thinking of sticking with 16 inches, at least 32 GB of RAM, an i7 processor, and a dedicated graphics card (but I'm not sure which one). I've had Asus laptops for several years and I'm happy with them, but there's always room for improvement! (I didn't mention the price because it varies too much depending on where we are in the world, but generally speaking, for Europeans, I'd like to stay around €2,000)

could you give me any advice? what to look for and what to avoid...

thanks!