What is the best computer for a vet student?

For a maximum budget of $3000, there's quite a number of high end laptops you can choose from, and from your description I'm going to assume gaming is not going to be a priority (although any $3000 laptop should be able to run games fine…)

Here's a list of laptops that you should consider (there are several models for each laptop which you can configure yourself to suit your needs):

Pen Support

• Surface Book with Performance Base
• HP Spectre x360 13″ or HP Spectre x360 15″
• Lenovo Yoga 700 Series
• Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370

No Pen Support

• Razer Blade Stealth
• Razer Blade Pro
• Dell XPS 15
• Dell XPS 13

When choosing your laptop, since it appears you are considered about performance, then try to get a laptop with a:

>ul><SSD (os que I'já declararam que vêm com um)>li> Preferencialmente um CPU Quad CoreNo mínimo 8GB de RAM, embora para você 16GB seria melhor (se possível)p>p>Pessoalmente, com um orçamento máximo de $3000 eu pessoalmente gastaria ~$1500 no laptop e o resto do dinheiro em um desktop personalizado (embora você tenha que levar em consideração outros periféricos de computador se você fizer esta rota)