laptop for autocad

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any recommendations for purchasing a laptop to run AutoCAD?
what should I be looking for?

[John Hall]

I use a TIME Mobile Office laptop:-
128mb ram
4.2gig HD
366mhz AMD K2 3D

Verdict:-
Brilliant for AutoCAD
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[Kadd & Associates / Kadd Build]

I use a Toshiba Satellite laptop. It has alot of "bang" for the buck.
For around $1500 you could get a system that should handle all that you
need. (unless you are doing modeling or rendering). Good luck - it
takes some getting used to. The keyboard is smaller and some of the
keys are not in the same place. Also if you use the number pad alot you
may want to buy an external number pad. Other than that have had no
complaints.

-Rob

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> any recommendations for purchasing a laptop to run AutoCAD?
> what should I be looking for?

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[Steve Hamilton]

I'm using a Toshiba Tecra 8000 notebook 1024x768 14.1" LCD screen. I do a
lot of 3D and it is great. Screen should be active matrix 1024x768 and as
large as you can afford - 14.1" measures almost as large as my NEC "17"
inch, and the display quality is WAY better.

Sony Vaio Notebooks are cheaper than the Toshiba Tecras, but the display is
a notch down, in my opinion. Personally, I avoid Sony products at all costs
as a result of previous bad experiences with many of their products over
many years.

Steve

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[Luka Djigas]

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:48:52 -0500, "@)))))~~~~~~~"
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>any recommendations for purchasing a laptop to run AutoCAD?
>what should I be looking for?
>
>

Well, since the laptops don't have the strength of the desktop
computers, I would recomend that you buy the best you can find - for a
pleasurable work of course.
Try Thinkpad ( www.ibm.com ) or Toshiba's models ( www.toshiba.com)

[jansmg]

Hi,

I am using a Toshiba laptop CDT460 (CPU Intel Pentium 133 Mhz. 32 Mb memory
and 2x2 Gb. harddisks) model and a full version of Acad14 without any
problems,although my dwg's seldom exceed 3 Mb.
I agree with the previous remark, the bigger the better.

Good luck

Jan van Benthem

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[chileman]

Would anyone reccomend the Dell Inspiron 366mhz?
It seems to be pricier and heavier than alot of laptops but it also
has a 15" screen and up to 384 mb ram
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[ED Schuler]

I wouldn't get too hung up on the brand name. Acad doesn't care if
you're using a Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, or Micron. If the money isn't an
issue, look to maximize the processing power (and cache), ram, hard
drive space, and video card ram. Look to minimize the disk access time
and ram access time. A laptop with a scsi port is always nice. They
come in handy.

Extra ram isn't that much of an asset. My laptop didn't care when I
went to 80mb from 48mb. The processing power and the various access
times were still bottlenecks in my system. I would say that you should
focus on finding a laptop with a powerful video card. These aren't
upgradeable, so better cards usually come in better systems. Plus, weak
cards tend to lose track of line when you bring up dialog boxes, trim
lines, etc. This requires more regens, which can be annoying.

Just so you know, my system at work is a P75 with 32mb of ram.
Acad 14 runs ok. When the file size exceeds 5-6mb (solids and
otherwise) it bogs down on certain operations. But I've worked with
P200's with 64mb ram that do the same thing. So just get the best you
can. Acad will use up all of the system resources. It doesn't care
what top-of-the-line is.

Ed

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[chileman]

True, Iwasnt really after a name all to much but dell seems to coffer
the most (that I've seen) in a laptop. My computer show off brand p166
runs circles around my Micron P-pro 180. Would you know which
companies offer a scsi port in a laptop, and are scsi HDD available?

Bill

>> >> >any recommendations for purchasing a laptop to run AutoCAD?

>> >> >what should I be looking for?
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[ED Schuler]

Unfortunately, no I don't know which have scsi capabilities. I haven't
shopped around for a couple of years. My P166 was top dog then. I work
with a guy that has a P120 Micron laptop. He is able to hook to scsi
devices. Some laptops offer scsi ports in their (available) docking
stations/port replicaters. Some are also part of the laptop. That's
something else to investigate. Make sure the laptop has a docking
station or port replicater (a lower frill d-station) available. I never
use my laptop screen, touchpad, or keyboard at home. They (good as they
are) are just plain inferior to the full sized articles. That said, I
get a lot of utility out of my laptop being a portable computer.

Ed

also- I have yet to find a laptop with an scsi hard drive. But I haven't
been in the market for a while.

[__J__]

I sure would. the last laptop we got for the office was an Inspiron 300 with
8MB video. when its in the office it connect to a docking station with a 21
inch monior full size keyboard and mouse. If your going to upgrade to 2000
a wheel mouse is going to be a really nice feature at it controls realtime
pan and zoom by itself.

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