New Laptop - Finally
Well, I finally bought a new laptop. Much thanks for all the suggestions and advice over the past few months.
We have Solidworks here at work and while I wanted something that could handle it, in the end - the $$$ required to buy anything that sits at home comes out of my pocket and that income is driven from work I do with Alibre - which is limited at best.
Soooooo, what I bought was something that had a few things I wanted for Alibre and something that wouldn't bust the budget.
Here's what I got:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 9206842590
It is an HP laptop w/1 gig of memory and a 17" screen. Far from the best, but so far so good. It also has a separate key pad like a desktop pc for entering numbers on the right of the keyboard.
Given the short life span of usefullness with respect to PC's, in my world it makes sense to spend less today and then rebuy after 3 or 4 years. BTW, even though this laptop is not the hottest on the market, it IS MUCH faster than the 5 yr old desktop I am replacing
Thanks again for your help.
Bill
Well, I finally bought a new laptop. Much thanks for all the suggestions and advice over the past few months.
We have Solidworks here at work and while I wanted something that could handle it, in the end - the $$$ required to buy anything that sits at home comes out of my pocket and that income is driven from work I do with Alibre - which is limited at best.
Soooooo, what I bought was something that had a few things I wanted for Alibre and something that wouldn't bust the budget.
Here's what I got:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 9206842590
It is an HP laptop w/1 gig of memory and a 17" screen. Far from the best, but so far so good. It also has a separate key pad like a desktop pc for entering numbers on the right of the keyboard.
Given the short life span of usefullness with respect to PC's, in my world it makes sense to spend less today and then rebuy after 3 or 4 years. BTW, even though this laptop is not the hottest on the market, it IS MUCH faster than the 5 yr old desktop I am replacing
Thanks again for your help.
Bill