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That's why I gave you those links, so you could research all the processors BEFORE making a purchase. When I say i9's are faster than Xeon's, I mean that the fastest i9's are faster than the fastest Xeon's, and also dollar for dollar you'll get more performance out of an i9. If you want bang for buck, choosing the right CPU is the first step.
Officially this is true, and those cheapest two laptops on the Newegg link do have Quadro cards. But I'm running Mastercam and Solidworks perfectly well on a Geforce 3070. In theory, if you get into VERY large and complex parts and assemblies, a Quadro will perform better, but the point at which that matters keeps increasing with each generation of card. It's also a necessity for the FEA, fluid dynamics, and raytracing functions in Solidworks. If your parts are of a sane level of complexity (they'd better be if you're using a laptop) and you're not using those special functions, you don't need a Quadro.
I paid $570 for a laptop with 32GB RAM, a terabyte of storage, a Xeon processor, and the top Quadro GPU offered in a 15" Dell Precision in 2018. (Unless the P4000 was an option, but not sure, I think it was offered in the 7730) When comparing $2400 to $570, I would consider $1,830 to be many more moneys
You might like linux os better than windows , it's less buggy and they offer a lot of cad software free. You can build your os like you want it with linux and avoid all the clutter associated with windows. So I am guessing you do not have a laptop at all now is that correct? https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-lm&q=Linux+cad+software. You might ask around if any Cad machinist run Linux . It's a much faster OS than windows and updates take minutes not all day.
Moving goalpost much? You said you just paid $2100, and now you're trying to compare to something else you bought five years ago. If you can get a top end laptop for $570, why didn't you just do that again instead of paying $2100?
To be fair, in that same post he did mention that he cancelled that order and bought the one for $570.
Not true. Dell with i7 Quadro a2000 is slow and laggy. Old hp with them top of line FirePro and slower i5 so much smoother and quick. Desktop with 1060 lightning fast- but crashes with organic curve surfaces. Graphics cards matter, I am amd loyal because they write drivers for you (free) on the pro cards.
Correct, I am smart, and I did say that in the first paragraph of my 2nd post. Apparently reading is an issue for your boy. Probably something to do with the company he works for allowing him to goof around on an internet forum while they pay for his time to do works for them. Multitasking is more suited to women. Still it must have sucked working Sunday before the Super Bowl I'm thinking, seeing as noone gets on here outside of work.?.? This thread went well over 24 hours before any real advice other than someone saying, "I have a capable laptop with a good GPU. I recommend getting one." Cool, but now that's it's bought why are we going to start critiquing things, when noone was giving any advice for over a day? The deed is done. Any advice is now a day late, and a dollar short....or whatever that old saying is. I never said I bought the biggest powerhouse setup, but it's specs are decent for a 2018 system, and should be easily capable of running most 3D programs, and from everything I've seen on it you can max out it's RAM at $128 GB for around $150, but ole dude wants to start throwing up all these new, 4 figure machines, and 12 GEN Intel processors comparing them to the 5 year old refurbished model I bought for under $600. The reality is the original computer I ordered and canceled is more capable than any of those machines on that Newegg link. I decided I didn't need that much computer, or want to drop $2,100 (around $1,930 or so before taxes) on something that won't get enough use from me to justify that cost even though that was a lot of computer for that $.
I've never owned a Linux, but the main reason I require a PC is HPTuners only supports Windows. They now have Apple, and Andriod apps that you can tune with if you have a newer RTD+ programmer, but I haven't been able to get it to link up reliably using the app on my phone, so I just stick with connecting it to a laptop with Windows.
I actually started looking at those, but the one thing that kept me from seriously considering one is that all I saw was built-in graphics. I assume this is required for their compactness and light weight for such an otherwise very nice looking machine. Do you think that the built-in Intel graphics would work well for things like 3D programs, or light gaming type stuff? Other than not having a dedicated GPU I thought those looked great.
Price vs performance.
Yep, fuck Dell.
I bought a Lenovo think pad P series amd have been very happy.
Yeah, maybe that's what threw me off. I ASSumed, that if you're going to be buying Mastercam, you can afford a decent rig, and will want to make the most of your investment.
Yeah...just weird. Reread it to confirm and he doesn't specifically say anything about Mastercam except that he has done some toolpathing on it in the past. Besides that it's "what kind of build do I need to run "good CAD software"? Don't know dude, what's good CAD software to you? Your acceptable minimum is gonna be total dogshit to like 90% of this forum. That's not even considering that 90% of this forum thinks most everything, whether it's related to machining or not, is total dogshit just as a general life rule. So settle in on what kind of software you want to run without regard to what anyone else thinks is good and then go from there.
