Laptops
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I’m looking to buy a laptop with the intention of using CAD on it (nixers etc), as well as playing DVDs, Microsoft Office etc.
Can anyone offer any advice…as in buy a PC instead of a laptop, or don’t buy a laptop from such-and-such a place, etc.
Any other suggestions on the spec required would be much appreciated as well…or if you know somewhere that does laptops on the cheap!
Thanks.
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For CAD you’ll need something with lots of RAM, maybe 1GB but 512MB at a minimum. Go for a a CPU faster than 1GHz.
Have a look at http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Becareful buying laptops off eBay. I’d buy one brand new to be safe.
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I have spoken to a few computer / IT buffs over the years and they told me that DELL are the only brand name / pre-built PC they would buy. I assume that applies to their lap-tops. Other than that they would only advise a hand built machine from an Independent. I have a TIME lap-top and touch wood it is trouble free (apart from a dodgy CD/DVD ROM drive that will not read CD-R disks.)
Go for at least 512Mb of RAM though 1GB would be better. Most new laptops have quite powerful processors, 2.4 + so you will be fine there. For using CAD consider a wide-screen. As much screen “real-estate” as possible helps with the eyes. Try to get a DVD writer for backing up and a nice big hard drive.
Ryan Hood
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if your lookin for something to deal with three dimensional cad and open gl you need to throw in a pretty decent graphics card too…bear in mind a good graphics card will set you back a few hundred euros
check out the forum http://www.boards.ie…they are excellent at giving their advice on the best parts to buy re cad etc if you are assembling it yourself….
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