On Sunday 20 November 2005 21:54, bob warasila wrote:
> > I second Bernie's comments. For CAD work laptops are rubbish.
> > However if you need to visit a client to give a
> > presentation......!!!!
> >
> > As far as the Dell laptops are concerned, whilst these are high end
> > machines, money would be better spent on higher performance CPU
> > rather than gaming graphics capability, which Autocad won't take
> > full advantage of anyway. I would check the requirements list to
> > find out what is required !
>
> One of the software packages they use is for 3-D rendering that makes
> walk throughs possible. That's where I think the high end graphics
> requirement is.
I suspected as much. You will find that a fast CPU and your 2Gb ram
will make the rendering much quicker. However presenting the already
rendered walk through won't require too much at all.
> I also wonder how much more 2 GB of RAM gets you over 1 GB. Same
> question with the CPU, they're specing 2.13 GHz on the laptop while
> 2.00 and slower are available for a lower price.
>
> My thinking is 2.8 or 3.00 with HT and 250 SATA drives gets a lot
> more on the desk top.
I don't think "HT" on a single processor machine get you anything at
all !! Certainly SATA will help with the disk throughput. For maximum
performance SCSI is still the way to go.
> The requirements specified by Autodesk are quite modest:
>
> Pent III 800 MHz and 512 RAM or better.
>
> Bob
FWIW. Since you are in the UK, ignoring laptops, it may pay you to talk
to a GOOD white box builder !!
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