I have been wanting to learn Blender for quite some time now. I am finally about to try to dive in. I am completely new and will be starting from scratch on this. Having said that, I do not have a killer machine for this, but I do have three good computers. I’m wanting to get some input on which machine would be the best one to get started with.
Here are my three options:
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2012 Macbook Air with 2.0ghz i7, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.
This has an Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics chip inside. -
Lenovo P580 with dual core 2.4ghz i5, 6GB RAM, 750GB HDD
Again, this option has an Intel HD 4000. Upgrading the RAM could be a possibility for this one. -
Gateway GT5220 desktop with dual core AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0ghz, 4GB RAM
This is an older desktop, but I would be able to drop an dedicated gpu in this for pretty cheap if that would make it a better option than two laptops.
I know that none of these are great by any means for this, but I’m really hoping to just get my feet wet with one of these and then, if i’m serious about it, I’ll look into a much stronger quad core solution.
Thank you for your help.