Laptop for Noise and Vibration
Laptop for Noise and Vibration
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Hi folks,
I need to purchase a Laptop for school this fall. I will be taking a master's mech. eng with focus in noise and vibration. I will be trying to learn as many different software as possible. i.e. MatLab/Simulink, ANSYS, Labview, IDEAS, LMS.
Can anyone please provide me with any recommendations on what brand of laptop I should consider. Also, any tips on hardware? cpu, RAM, and sound card with the above software in mind.
Thanks a million
I need to purchase a Laptop for school this fall. I will be taking a master's mech. eng with focus in noise and vibration. I will be trying to learn as many different software as possible. i.e. MatLab/Simulink, ANSYS, Labview, IDEAS, LMS.
Can anyone please provide me with any recommendations on what brand of laptop I should consider. Also, any tips on hardware? cpu, RAM, and sound card with the above software in mind.
Thanks a million





RE: Laptop for Noise and Vibration
Cheers
Greg Locock
Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.
RE: Laptop for Noise and Vibration
Othwise suggest same as always - biggest & fastest HD and most RAM you can afford.
RE: Laptop for Noise and Vibration
For info, I'm running a 2 year old Dell Precision M50 laptop. It's Pentium 4 with 1Gb of ram and an nVidia graphics card. The ability to run high screen resolution (1600x1200) can be important for some analysis applications as there's a lot to fit on the screen. Also, important if you want to be able to perform testing/analysis away from an electrical outlet, it can run 2 batteries simultaneously for double the run-time.
As for sound cards it depends on the level of quality you need. I'm invloved in sound quality analysis so I use a Digigram Pocket VX card that sits in the PCMCIA port. It's got digital in/out and 4 analogue in/outs but cost about £600, approx. $1000!!
The M50 is fine for what I do but is big and heavy, especially with 2 batteries on board. I think the latest ones are a little more streamlined.
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Paul
RE: Laptop for Noise and Vibration
Learn to write your own sound and vibration programs using a language such as C/C++.
You can learn "application software" when you get out into industry.
Tom Irvine
www.vibrationdata.com
RE: Laptop for Noise and Vibration