RobUSMC 29 Posted January 10, 2017 Just an update. A few weeks ago, I had asked for input about a couple machines and of course got a wide array of input. I gave my laptop to a design intern for school and needed to buy a new one. I usually only use a laptop when going to client’s homes and doing a design review meeting and not as my main system. ANYWAY.... The new laptop arrived a few days ago. All has been loaded with X-8 with my full libraries and I think it will work fine for my needs. I think it would actually be fine as someone’s main machine. I’ve ran it through several plans with no issues. I opened a fairly large plan and selected a view to Raytrace and it had completed its first pass in 21 seconds. Right now it is on pass 54 and we are just under 15 mins. I wanted to give the specs so if anyone is looking into a new and a little less expensive machine. With a military discount from Dell it was just under $900. Maybe this will help someone. Dell Inspiron 15 7559, I7-6700HQ @ 2.60, 1 TB SSHD, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HumbleChief 381 Posted January 11, 2017 3 hours ago, RobUSMC said: Just an update. A few weeks ago, I had asked for input about a couple machines and of course got a wide array of input. I gave my laptop to a design intern for school and needed to buy a new one. I usually only use a laptop when going to client’s homes and doing a design review meeting and not as my main system. ANYWAY.... The new laptop arrived a few days ago. All has been loaded with X-8 with my full libraries and I think it will work fine for my needs. I think it would actually be fine as someone’s main machine. I’ve ran it through several plans with no issues. I opened a fairly large plan and selected a view to Raytrace and it had completed its first pass in 21 seconds. Right now it is on pass 54 and we are just under 15 mins. I wanted to give the specs so if anyone is looking into a new and a little less expensive machine. With a military discount from Dell it was just under $900. Maybe this will help someone. Dell Inspiron 15 7559, I7-6700HQ @ 2.60, 1 TB SSHD, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB Thanks Rob - that looks pretty sweet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
