Hi guys

Thanks for the feedback

Our IT manager has changed his mind again and I am now getting the Lenovo W700 DS Work station Note Book. And its actually been ordered!!

Will let you know how it runs when it arrives next week.

Thanks for the help guys

Ben

HI Guys

Thanks for the responses.

The problem i have is that this is a company computer and they have to buy something "off the shelf" and it has to be from Lenovo.

So far the above specification is the best i can find for a reasonable outlay. If you guys know of a better spec lenovo Computer for a reasonable price please let m eknow as i am now Desparate!!!

Thanks again for the feed back

Ben

OK i think we may have a winner

I have resigned to the fact that i will not find a suitable Notebook with the performance i want within the budget the company has set so i have relented adn decided on a Desk Top
Please can you check out the specs of the following PC and let me know what you think, I quite like it.

Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

Cheers guys

Ben

Thanks for the reply guys

The problem is that the Lenovo notebooks with QuadroFX and 17inch screens are Massivly more expensive than the 15 inch notebooks. I mean they are about 4 times the price!!!
They tell me we just dont have the budget for one.

I am also concernd that the FireGL graphics card wont play nicely with sketchup

Does anyone have any experience of these cards with SketchUp?

I wont have access to one to run any tests on it until we order it and recieve it. This is obviously far too late if its no good.

The problem is I am being pushed into making a decsion very soon and i cant afford to make a mistake.

Cheers All

Hi Guys My search for a new company laptop continues

I would like your opinion on this note book for use with Sketchup and AutoCAD.

Its a Lenovo W500
Intel Core 2Duo T9400
4GB Ram DDR3 1066Mhz
ATI mobility FireGL V5700 512mb
200gb Hard drive at 7200rpm

I use it primarily for Designing Mechanical components with AutoCAD and Sketchup.

Cheers

Ben

Thats interesting thanks

So i would get as good or better performance with an X9100 processor and a Quadro FX5700 512Mb
Combination plus 4GB system Ram?

I appreciate your help guys

Ben

Interesting thanks you

So a better CPU would be preferable to a high spec Graphics card.

Cheers

Ben

Would it be worth considering downgrading to the FX3700 512Mb card and upgrading the processor?
Which would have bigger impact on graphics performance where SU is concerned?

Many thanks

BEn

HI Guys

I am still trying to spec a new company laptop and was hoping you can give me some advice.

I would really like to have a Lenovo W700 notebook with the Nvidia Quadro FX3700 1GB with Intel x9100 CPU however it is very very expensive!!

I am looking at a DELL alternative with the following specs for about 25% less than the Lenovo
It has Intell T9800 Core 2 Duo CPU
Nvidia Quadro FX3700 1GB
4GB 1067MHz DDR3 RAM
200Gb 7200rpm SATA HD
17" WUXGA 1920x1200 LCD Panel
All running on XP pro SP3

Can you guys tell me if this would work well with SU

Alternitivley

Can anyone recommend and alternative NoteBook with similar specs that would be cheaper?

Thanks for the feedback

Ben

many thanks

I will look into the W700 it looks like a very nice machine and the 1GB Quadro FX3700 should certainly get the job done!!

Thanks for the fast feedback guys

just found out that someone else in the office has a very similar spec Lenovo T61P laptop
so will get him to run the Cube test adn see what results it gets.

By the way my Dell Inspiron with 1.7ghz and Radeon X300 with 2Gb ram get on average 10.3 Fps

What is a good score to hope for?

Thanks

Hi Guys

I have been a sketchup user for a couple years now and just love it!
I have recently started work at a new company and introduced them to SketchUp and they have been blown away.
The problem is the new company laptop i have been provided with just isnt upto the job
The company will upgrade my laptop for me and I want to make sure my chosen one will be Suitable for Heavy SketchUp use

My chosen Laptop is the
IBM ThinkPad Lenovo T61P 6460-E8A
Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6GHz
4GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
250 GB S-ATA Harddisk 5400rpm
15.4" UXGA Screen 1920 X 1200
256 MB Nvidia Quadro FX 570M

It has to be an IBM im afraid

Can anyone tell me weather this will do the Job as well as i hope?
I am also upgrading to SketchUp 7 Pro at the same time

I am currently using my personal laptop which is an old Dell Inspiron 6000 with Radeon x300 and 1.7ghz processor. This laptop performs surprisingly well but i hope the Lenovo laptop stated above will be a significant upgrade

many thanks for your time

Ben