Cheap SW Notebooks?

Is anyone currently using a notebook cheaper than the Dell m60 that works
well with fairly simple Solidworks modeling ?

Please share the model name and graphics card used.

 

I have been using an HP ZD7000, Media Center Edition XP, 3.06 MHz P4 with
HT(that I leave on), a 17" screen and 2 gig ram, 80 gig 5,400 rpm drive with
the NVIDIA 5600 card. Wow..... I had been using a workstation from Xi that
was about 1 1/2 years old. The laptop kills it period. I work on huge
assemblies (5000+ parts) all the time with SW2001+ and I have NO complaints.
(other than the 14 pounds it weighs with the power supply). Everyone should
at least look at these things. You can play with then at Best Buy.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s..._name=zd7000_series&series_index=0&catLevel=2

Good Luck

 

Dell Inspiron 5150
P4 3.06GHz
512MB RAM
GeForce Go5200 card - soft hacked to Quadro
~ $1600

Richard

 

http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=8790

I personally have never used one but at an old job one of the CAM
personel had a Sager to run Gibbs and he loved it. Never had a
problem with it.

Ken

 

ACER TravelMate 430, ATI Mobility Radeon 7500, 2.88 MHz, 1GB RAM

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1069301995506&skuId=6249703&type=product

I got mine for $1300 after rebates. Runs SW pretty fast with the Athlon 64.
You'll eventually run into the multi-window slow-down (its not a real
workstation graphic system) but with 64 megs video ram it takes a while,
especially if you don't maximize.

Richard M

 

My Var came to visit today and he was using the Dell M60. Wow is the only
word to describe it!
Realview was just amazing, the only downside was the size of the screen,
(14" ,my sony viao is 16"), but the Dell is very fast when opening
assemblies.
I would suggest you pay the extra, if I had see the Dell first, I would have

 

I'm on a M60 here as well ....and it has a 15,4" widescreen

Krister L

 

The M-60 performs better than a lot of desktops, and I wouldn't have
anything less, if I have to move around, and I do. To date the M-60
has been near flawless.

There is a reason people are moving to Laptops. Apple sells about
half of all their computers as laptop form factor (not counting iPODS
as a computer).

Bo

 

------That is ? --------
I mean, I have a desktop at home and in my office, and will not take one on
vacation.

 

And the answer is...

I do work in many locations even in my shop/office, let alone
traveling to suppliers and customers.

Bo

 

Alright , here is the best route to go, you can buy a good used Inspiron
8200 and it is the same architecture as a M50, the M50 video card fits in
the slot on the Inspiron 8200. You then have basically a m50 for less than
$1400.00. Getting the video card will be the hardest nut to crack dell is
very particular about letting you order it. The video card last time i
checked ran about $350.00 .