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    NEW DELL M70 LAPTOP

    Hi bracin, I have just purchased an M70,I still have my M60 quadro1000. In a few comparisons,here's my thoughts. Case quality-no comparison M70 does'nt flex or creak,it has magnesium lid and base not plastic as M60,it is also slightly shallower than the M60 by .5 inch. Keyboard-much more rigid...
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    WIREFRAME WELDMENT CANNOT CHOOSE EVERY JOINT TYPE

    Forget it,I've sorted it out[should have known it would be my fault] Have to be more particular with what I trim/extend first
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    WIREFRAME WELDMENT CANNOT CHOOSE EVERY JOINT TYPE

    Does anybody have trouble in weldments,when you are trying to trim/extend a joint after creating a wireframe model and inserting the material,Solidworks not letting you change the joint type. For example if you create a square wireframe and insert tube with one of the butt joint options,all the...
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    What Laptop to get?

    I have used a Dell 8600 and Latitude D600 for sw2004,both of these have mob radeon cards {9600 pro for 8600 and 9000 for D600}. Both have issues with swx,i have spent many hours loading various drivers on and off my systems to try and get rid of the disappearing lines,no refresh,strange visual...

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