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SifonAbasi:
Firstly I want to thank people like webbxxpert, online4business, coputa and dauntless15 for their advice on my previous thread.

Last year I created a thread that I was tired seeing my brother staying at home doing nothing then I suggested he learned a skill. He chose animation. I contacted some animation schools and their fees were high so I went online and saw animation courses for as low as N3000.
First I purchased an online course from a Lagos based 3D person for him at the cost of N15000. I gave the man my brother's email and the files were sent to him. According to my brother, he didn't really understood some topics there and most times he had to contacted the person who sold the course to explain explain to him but he still didn't get it. He told me how some topics were very complex.

In October last year I bought foreign online courses for him though expensive but not as expensive as the animation schools I visited.
He started learning and according to him the foreign courses were quite explanatory that he didn't have to contact the people for help. He also learnt some from YouTube.

Starting from January this year he began to apply for jobs and to God's glory he is getting jobs and being paid in dollars.
His challenge now is laptop. The laptop he is using he said it's not strong to carry the load.
So please can someone here help me recommend a pocket friendly laptop that can do 3D animations. Thank you all.

SifonAbasi:
Firstly I want to thank people like webbxxpert, online4business, coputa and dauntless15 for their advice on my previous thread.

Last year I created a thread that I was tired seeing my brother staying at home doing nothing then I suggested he learned a skill. He chose animation. I contacted some animation schools and their fees were high so I went online and saw animation courses for as low as N3000.
First I purchased an online course from a Lagos based 3D person for him at the cost of N15000. I gave the man my brother's email and the files were sent to him. According to my brother, he didn't really understood some topics there and most times he had to contacted the person who sold the course to explain explain to him but he still didn't get it. He told me how some topics were very complex.

In October last year I bought foreign online courses for him though expensive but not as expensive as the animation schools I visited.
He started learning and according to him the foreign courses were quite explanatory that he didn't have to contact the people for help. He also learnt some from YouTube.

Starting from January this year he began to apply for jobs and to God's glory he is getting jobs and being paid in dollars.
His challenge now is laptop. The laptop he is using he said it's not strong to carry the load.
So please can someone here help me recommend a pocket friendly laptop that can do 3D animations. Thank you all.

Firebox123:
Nigerian are just wicked, senseless and useless smh 😁😂

Firebox123:
to pay him crumb right

noniblaq4:
And you sent me a Direct message, Nigerians una too funny.

Zackattack:
Here’s why👇
In graphics and motion graphics design, the ability to preview your work and render in real time is key. The graphics card is responsible for this.
External graphic cards are the real deal with 3D designs and modeling. Laptops cannot install external graphics card that are not factory produced.
Most of these graphics cards are so powerful and even more expensive than the computer. With a compatible desktop, one can easily make upgrades.
Video editors, motion graphics designers and light 3D creators use laptop, but heavy 3D creation are mostly done with desktop because of the ability to install an external high end graphics card that will enable fast preview and rendering.

SifonAbasi:
Firstly I want to thank people like webbxxpert, online4business, coputa and dauntless15 for their advice on my previous thread.

Last year I created a thread that I was tired seeing my brother staying at home doing nothing then I suggested he learned a skill. He chose animation. I contacted some animation schools and their fees were high so I went online and saw animation courses for as low as N3000.
First I purchased an online course from a Lagos based 3D person for him at the cost of N15000. I gave the man my brother's email and the files were sent to him. According to my brother, he didn't really understood some topics there and most times he had to contacted the person who sold the course to explain explain to him but he still didn't get it. He told me how some topics were very complex.

In October last year I bought foreign online courses for him though expensive but not as expensive as the animation schools I visited.
He started learning and according to him the foreign courses were quite explanatory that he didn't have to contact the people for help. He also learnt some from YouTube.

Starting from January this year he began to apply for jobs and to God's glory he is getting jobs and being paid in dollars.
His challenge now is laptop. The laptop he is using he said it's not strong to carry the load.
So please can someone here help me recommend a pocket friendly laptop that can do 3D animations. Thank you all.

SifonAbasi:
Firstly I want to thank people like webbxxpert, online4business, coputa and dauntless15 for their advice on my previous thread.

Last year I created a thread that I was tired seeing my brother staying at home doing nothing then I suggested he learned a skill. He chose animation. I contacted some animation schools and their fees were high so I went online and saw animation courses for as low as N3000.
First I purchased an online course from a Lagos based 3D person for him at the cost of N15000. I gave the man my brother's email and the files were sent to him. According to my brother, he didn't really understood some topics there and most times he had to contacted the person who sold the course to explain explain to him but he still didn't get it. He told me how some topics were very complex.

In October last year I bought foreign online courses for him though expensive but not as expensive as the animation schools I visited.
He started learning and according to him the foreign courses were quite explanatory that he didn't have to contact the people for help. He also learnt some from YouTube.

Starting from January this year he began to apply for jobs and to God's glory he is getting jobs and being paid in dollars.
His challenge now is laptop. The laptop he is using he said it's not strong to carry the load.
So please can someone here help me recommend a pocket friendly laptop that can do 3D animations. Thank you all.

SifonAbasi:
Thank you sir. But why desktop and not laptop? I bought courses on that udemy for him.

seun nlfpmod pls help a sister. I don't want to buy laptop that wouldn't do the job. Thank you.

Infotubia9ja:
You see laptops are good only for learning purpose and although there are good laptops that can handle blender real good for professional works
But it all balls down to the graphic card and processor because from my experience, desktop computer with the latest graphic card will help boost his creativity to the next level.
And also as he begins to get advanced in blender he will start building way advanced models that require high computing performance machine that's why I recommend desktop computer.
I will advice you to talk to him to look into game development as well let him learn UGE and if he can master the both I assure you that guy will help financially to the family with his skills.

CirocBoi:
Your brother is already doing well as a 3D modeler, he's actually good with blender ... but he needs an high end laptop to render his model in corona, redshift, iray, vray for more realistic look, blender cycles takes longer to render and eeve on the other hand doesn't render like cycle.

Also he needs a mentor.

eventainment:
Why is that, and what have you trasitioned to?

CirocBoi:
Don't give out advice you know nothing about

netmillionaires:
How about Macbook pro M4? What do you think?

openmine:
Nice one!
I'm always fascinated with 3D animation!
Just a question....which platform can I use between Maya and 3D max for animation?
Secondly,which spec of laptop or computer system will be better suited for these heavy software programs?

JobAndVacancies:
you're a good sister.
You are so caring for your brother.
You'll make a good wife.
Are you married?

Ganjafama:
🤔🤔🤔🤔

Infotubia9ja:
You see laptops are good only for learning purpose and although there are good laptops that can handle blender real good for professional works
But it all balls down to the graphic card and processor because from my experience, desktop computer with the latest graphic card will help boost his creativity to the next level.
And also as he begins to get advanced in blender he will start building way advanced models that require high computing performance machine that's why I recommend desktop computer.
I will advice you to talk to him to look into game development as well let him learn UGE and if he can master the both I assure you that guy will help financially to the family with his skills.

dauntless15:
Congrats on the progress, as for the laptop, he can look for all those ones with gtx1060 to start with, remember it's not ideal for high end animation as I'd recommend an rtx laptop if money isn't a problem, but since he's short on funds just look for a graphics card laptop that has ample ram, or get a desktop so he can be upgrading the components one by one until he gradually has a machine capable of rendering stuff, a laptop isn't upgradable most times, but desktop you can upgrade any component in a desktop, he'd be fine.

Infotubia9ja:
If you have the money then go for Maya or 3Dmax or cinima4D that's if you can afford buying the software. But blender on the other hand is 100% free.

openmine:
I have heard of Cinema4D but haven't tried it!
I have both the Maya and 3Dmax but I just want to know which one is best for animation!
What about the spec of the laptop or system that can process these heavy programs without lagging!

Infotubia9ja:
Okay so a question for you before we proceed.
Do you have the latest versions of those softwares?.
If you have the latest version then the version of software you have will determine the study route to take.