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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:05:11 AM | laptop setup for revit

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seeing as how that next year ill be going to colloge, i started to think about getting a laptop, and i wanted to know what would be a good setup to have to run Revit, i already have it on my desktop at home. btw, the colloge im thinking about going to is Lawrence Tech, in Southfeild MI, about 35 min from Detroit.

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:20:33 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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This I what I just got. What I am thinking aout geting Toshiba Satellite Notebook PC (P105-S9312) Processor Processor brand Intel® Processor type Core Duo Processor speed 2.0GHz Frontside bus speed 667 Level 2 cache 2MB Memory RAM 2048MB PC5300 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM RAM expandable to: 4096MB Storage/Drives Hard drive size 200GB 4200RPM SATA Graphics and sound Screen size 17" Screen type WXGA+ TFT active-matrix with TruBrite™ Maximum screen resolution 1440 x 900 Video memory 256MB DDR3 Graphics type nVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 9:21:35 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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A good setup? Just go out and buy the latest Toshiba media package or any alienware laptop. A setup that is affordable and will get you by? Well, my Toshiba is 2.4 ghz celeron with 512 mb Ram and integrated video card... runs revit fine. I wouldn't suggest it, but it runs fine Smile Best of luck in school!

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 10:02:48 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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yea there is going to be some budget contraint. when i was looking at the universty website one thing that they mentioned was that they have a campus-wide WiFi network. so a saatilite notbook would be good thing to have, so any idea on how much those run?

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 10:06:19 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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Too bad on the budget.. otherwise I'd say get the new powerbooks. The local Revit support guy here in Atlanta said the new Power Books run Revit better than a PC laptop 0_o http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Brand=1259&N=2030260032+50001259&Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1259&SubCategory=32 Again, best of luck.

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:01:23 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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hold up a sec... I completely disagree with the last posts....all of them. currently the best rig for the job in laptop form is the dell workstation. One must focus on openl gl video cards, and not the 'gamer' garbage cards which get the most marketing. you need: CORE DUO NVIDIA QUADRO FX OPEN GL http://www.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/precn_m?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd these rigs will scream they just dropped there price. I really think macs are terrible, and indeed might only be good for checking email at fancy advertising agencies. CC

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:03:34 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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Satelite note books run anywhere from $1000 - $2000 Just check your local wal-mart or best buy

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Ive looked at the ones taht are out thre, whats a good processing speed, the ones that were sort of in my price range ranged from 1.5-1.9 Post edited on 2006-10-04 11:36:40

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I really think macs are terrible, and indeed might only be good for checking email at fancy advertising agencies.


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You obviously don't do much high-end video editing or modeling then. I support having an opinnion and expressing said opinnion, but just because you don't/can't use the equipment doesn't mean it's worthless.

However, hammer, if your budget allows it, the Core Duo with Open GL card would be the way to go. If you have to sacrifice somewhere tho, be sure you don't skimp on the RAM.

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:53:31 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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what would be good ampunt of RAM to have?

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:56:48 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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I'd recommend NO LESS than 1 gig... HOWEVER! Go with as much available RAM as you can get. 2 gig is a good number. Even more make Revit happy!

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 11:59:19 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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what about processer speed?, and would a gig do? its included but to 2gig would be like an extra 400, and wirless card what should i go with? Post edited on 2006-10-04 12:10:41 Post edited on 2006-10-04 12:12:17

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 4:54:18 PM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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rkitect. Ive done plenty of video editing, and use all sorts of 3d apps (most of which do not run on osx) Please dont presume. I apologize if I have offended a mac enthusiest, however I stand by my convictions. Macs are useless in the AEC industry....even for Vectorworks. Ill take the top of the line MAC(which finally does use XEON and QUADRO, though with a $10,000 price tag), and could build a PC for half price, which would outperform the MAC brutally....even in quicktime rendering! Lets not forget, that there is not even REVIT for OSX, which is what we are here for. Of course there is 'bootcamp'...but why bother using macs expensive hardware to run windows? without prejudice Callum

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Wed, Oct 4, 2006 at 6:27:19 PM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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in January i purchased a Dell 9300 w/ 2 GB of Ram and a 2GB processor. i forget the video card i have, but the machine moves pretty well. i think the price tag on it was just over $2,000. i have been able to run photoshop, autocad and Revit simultaneously, and suffered very little slow-down. definitely dont cheat yourself out of ram.

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Fri, Oct 6, 2006 at 6:30:36 AM | RE: laptop setup for revit

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I purchased the Toshiba Satellite P105-S9312 two months ago, and have been very impressed with how it runs Revit MEP.

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