NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP for FEA
NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP for FEA
(OP)
I am trying to buy a laptop that will work for FEA problems with 300k+ DOF, nonlinear, for modeling, preprocessing, solve and post processing. Any one has ideas about the laptop manufacturer and model name/number?
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RE: NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP for FEA
The thing that slows a laptop down is the hard drive. You will get much better performance with an auxilary hardrive connected through a firewire or usb 2.0 hub.
Regards,
teb1
RE: NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP for FEA
I don't think you will have any problems finding a laptop that will do the job. The only thing, as far as I can see, you have to make sure is that the harddrive is big enough.
However, there are disadvantages when using a laptop instead of a stationary computer. The hard disk is for example slower and I have have not seen a laptop with Xeon processors yet. Also, make sure that the graphics board has the functionality you need, true OpenGL etc.
That said, I think that most laptops on the market today will get the job done for you.
Good Luck
Thomas
RE: NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP for FEA
This is what I am getting:
Gateway® M675XL with ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 8x AGP w/ 128MB DDR video memory graphics card.
I asked Gateway for graphics card upgrade to ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO 8x AGP w/ 128MB DDR video memory, he said the video card can not be changed. I guess with Gateway you can not choose/customize ur laptops like u can with DELL.
thanks