Laptop for Creo
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Laptop for Creo
I am looking at factory refurbished laptops that can be used for
personal use and some CAD. Would this system run a Creo educational lcopy;
Model Dell XPS 15 - L502X
Processor Intel Core i7-2670QM 2nd Gen Processor (2.2 GHz, 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost 2.0, 6MB Cache)
Optical Drive 6X Blu-ray + DVD+/-RW
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Hard Drive 750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Memory 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
Video Card 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GT540M (w/ Optimus)
The main thing I am worried about is the graphics card. I do not see
"Open GL" in the specs anywhere.
Thanks
Chris
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One thing to look for is screen resolution. Typical consumer 15" laptops (I assume the 15 in the model number means a ~15" screen) don't have very high resolution unless you custom order. Creo doesn't do well at standard resolutions, some of the dialog boxes are too big.
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Hi Chris,
I've been involved with high school students using consumer-level laptops to run Creo for several years. Most work fine for basic modeling. They start hitting a wall when pulling up mid-sized assemblies. This is even with the on-board video cards. Personally, I have a little 15" Inspiron laptop that I've been able to do quite a bit of work with Creo 2.
So, as long as it's not really a work-critical use or as long as you're not pulling up assemblies with 100's of parts or heavy complexity, you should be fine.
Worst-case scenario, running graphics under win_32gdi config.
Good luck,
Josh
Joshua Houser
(have I talked to you about FIRST robotics yet?)
Pelco by Schneider Electric
Methods & Tools Sr. Engineer
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Ack! Look at you plugging your robotics event! I don't know if that's allowed here! 😉 Actually, I'm thinking about getting a Sumo competition set up here at our local maker/hackerspace.
Given the parts counts you're working with, I doubt you'll have a problem. I suspect that using Mechanism or doing much rendering might stress out the PC a bit.
Joshua Houser
(have I talked to you about FIRST robotics yet?)
Pelco by Schneider Electric
Methods & Tools Sr. Engineer