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New Laptop Recommendations for SW2009

New Laptop Recommendations for SW2009

New Laptop Recommendations for SW2009

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Hello all,

I need to get myself a new laptop and I am not so hot on the hardware side these days, I am also confused by, multi cores, which graphics cards, operating systems etc

What I am trying to achieve:-

I am looking for a laptop which will run solidworks, I will not be doing any analysis work or rendering on the laptop as these will be done on my desktop.

I would like to be able to work with solidworks on large assemblies, machine designs of 1000-2000 parts (without any realview or anything silly), but is must be able to work as a desktop on assemblies and parts.    

Solidworks version:-

I have been using Solidworks since 1998 and have got up to revision 2009 (yes, they have had an awful amount of brass out of me over the years, not that I get any annual discount!). I decided to come off the support (yearly upgrade) for a couple of years, as I am not seeing significant advantaging in software technology, coupled with the fact that solidworks actually does what I want it to do for the moment.

My budget is £1500-2000

Any suggestions?
 

RE: New Laptop Recommendations for SW2009

I've used Dell laptops for years without much in the way of problems. I don't think that they're the be all and end all of laptops, but they are good.
As far as hardware goes, dual-core will work just fine for you. As has always been the case, the more RAM the merrier, so I'd probably opt for a 64-bit system so you can get more than 4GB or RAM. The last thing, aside from hard drive space, would be to be very sure that your video card is an approved card.
One other thing, all of my Dells have come loaded with the wrong video card driver. A quick fix, but annoying nonetheless.  

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