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gophermuncher
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: Recommended Laptop Specs |
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Hi,
I'm trying to buy my cousin a laptop for his architect school, although I don't know exactly what the priority specifications are.
From what I've read on the forums, RAM would be a high priority (4 gigs for 32 bit systems?).
What about processors and video cards? Would he need a powerful dedicated graphics card or would an onboard VGA card work?
Is a dual core worth the price over a single core computer?
Realistically, what price range should I be looking at for a low to mid-end (I dont' love him that much  ) computer suitable for an architecture student.
Thanks in advance
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svenglezz-ASMEIL
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
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Location: Toronto
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I would suggest the 4 gig's of ram for XP.
Dual processor is the way to go, but for most 1 processor is fine.
The video depends on the user, for more advance cad (rendering etc.) I would suggest a 256 video card or more, plus you get the flexibilitie for adding additional "monitors" to the laptop for multi-tasking etc.
Hope it helps,
Sven
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starkca3
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dont go onboard graphics, thats pretty much asking to get owned in my opinion. otherwise yea 4 gigs shouuuld be fine but if he wants to get into goo d stuff the more the better. ram is relatively cheap at new egg or crucial.
hmm what else. i would say a big screen, actually makes a difference. maybe 15.4 inch is pretttty good 17 is better.
yea and 256mb is a must, well i suppose you could survive on less but thats that.
or you could just a macbook pro, all your problems would be solved 
but at least 15 inch because the 13 " have intergrated graphics that suck
hope this helps!
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