Laptop spec for inventor

[dunc1n]

Hey folks, dunno if anyone will be able to answer this as I take it most of you guys use desktops at work. BUT..... Can anyone give me an idea of what spec to go for when buying laptop to use Inventor AND 3DS on???

It needs to be able to run both these programmes flawlessly but at the same time I dont want to be spending ridiculous amounts of money.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

[VikaMann]

I'm currently running Inventor 2009 on a laptop with an:

• 1,6Ghz dual core prosossor
  
• 1,2 GB ram
  
• 124 Ram graphic card
  
• 120GB total space(currently about 20GB free)

Don't seem to have any problem running inventor so far

[eribiste]

I'm running Inventor 2008 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with the standard 1.6Ghz Celeron M and whatever graphics card Dell fit as standard. I've uprated the RAM modules to 2Gb, but that's the only change. Everything runs OK, but I do have to be patient (very patient, as in time for a cuppa patient) when using the contents center for fasteners and the like. I've never tried to do anything more than 100 or so components in any one assembly, mostly using it for component design.

 

I would say that you would be able to buy a suitable laptop for about £700 or so at a guess.

[NLClause]

This is off of the AutoCAD web site.

Recommended System Requirements

 

The following requirements are recommended for effective use of Autodesk® Inventor® 2009 software for general part and assembly design, typically fewer than 1,000 parts.

 

Operating System (1,2,3)

• Windows Vista® Home Basic
  
• Windows Vista® Home Premium
  
• Windows Vista® Business
  
• Windows Vista® Enterprise
  
• Windows Vista® Ultimate
  
• Windows® XP Professional (SP2)
  
• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)

Processor (4)

 

• Intel® Pentium® 4
  
• AMD Athlon® 64
  
• AMD Opteron® or later (2 GHz or compatible)

Minimum System Requirements (

 

• 1 GB RAM (5)
  
• Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9, or OpenGL-capable graphics card, 128 MB (6,7)
  
• 3.5 GB free hard disk space for installation (
  
• DVD-ROM drive (9)
  
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
  
• 1,280 x 1,024 screen resolution
  
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription-aware access
  
• Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6 (SP2) through 7 (SP1)
  
• Microsoft Excel® 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs