Workstations

Guys need help, I can find 2 laptops, 1st is an HP 8770w i7 3720qm with quadro k3000m 2GB DDR5, condition is rough from exterior and the shopkeeper is asking too much for it. $400 2nd is HP 8570w i7 3720qm with Quadro k2000m 2GB DDR3 ofc, the condition is awesome and is asking decent price, $290...

Hi! I have recently bought an external keyboard, mouse and monitor and I use my laptop as a heart of the whole setup. Overall, I am extremely satisfied with the results, however I thought maybe some of my habits can be improved. Do you guys have any tips for using your laptop as a desktop? I...

Laptop for Cad/magi CAD and revit and naviesworks 3D . What kind off specc do i need that dose not use nivida Quatro. What kind of cpu should i go for and Gpu ? Price range around 25000 K Swedish krons (2500 dollors)

Hello, As above, will a 4 core i7 8565u run 4-5 vm’s okay with 32gb of ram? Either through hyper-v or VMware workstation. I’m looking at 2 different laptops, one is a dell inspiron 7730 which is proper workstation grade laptop. It has a quadro p3200 and room for up to 128gb of ram and a great...

Hello everyone! So I'm thinking on going for my Masters Degree, and I'll be using a laptop on and off when I'm not at my apartment. My school offers an HP 17 G4 to students. At the moment of posting I don't know the specs exactly of the laptop they offer. But here is the Build Your Own for the...

I have a workstation running windows 7 and for some reason will connect to the wifi network, but no internet access. All the other workstations are fine except for this one. Wifi signal is strong. Ran the troubleshooting and just said no problems found. It is hardwired to the company server...

Hey so I'm currently trying to scrounge around a laptop for my cousin that just finished High school this year. He says he wants to get into engineering but I don't think he has the dough enough for a dedicated Quadro card laptop and most people I asked on Discord just tended to go to the "get a...

I have a Dell Precision M6600. It's been very reliable and never had any troubles with it. A couple days ago a power surge happened (it was plugged into a surge protector). The laptop was still running, but gotten slow. It's a normal thing that my laptop does, when I unplug it and replug it gets...

So heading off for college in the next few weeks and unfortunately between paying for text books, tuition its self, expenses (insurance, gas), and having to get a new serpentine belt and steering pump put into my car, my budget for a laptop has gone down to a cool $220 and wont change till well...

How to get 3D-Acceleration in Windows 9x in VirtualBox or VMware? Is it possible?

Currently looking for a new laptop used for graphic work. Won't be playing much games on it. Use Photoshop on an everyday basis and sometimes Adobe Illustrator too. Probably wont need a max specs top notch laptop but one that can handle the above-mentioned programmes well will do. Not too...

Hey, Im not sure if its the right forum to post it, so if not please let me know. So I've been searching for an answer for this for some time now, this question is sometimes asked, but I've neven seen an answer for that. First of all, is that even possible? If it is possible, how do I achieve...

Object: Looking to stick one of these in my M6700 Precision Mobile Workstation. https://www.cmedia.com.tw/products/PCI_PCIe_AUDIO/CMI8788 I'm not afraid to operate. The Precision has a surprisingly fair amount of open space inside: not including the bays. Sound is first, so if I must...

Hi All, Wondering if one of the CPU experts here can assist me in determining if I can upgrade the CPU on my Toshiba Qosmio F60 to allow usage of the latest versions of VMWare Workstation and/or Workstation Player please - apparently my CPU is now unsupported as time and technology roll forward...

Hi! I'm looking for a new laptop for my engineering studies. It'll be used for a wide variety of tasks, and has to be very capable. I'll typically be doing CAD work in SolidWorks, programming, everyday tasks and connecting external equipment. I've looked at mobile workstations and I'm...

Looking for portable laptop that will serve as my primary workstation for Cad tools. Was looking at Dell, Lenovo, msi and hp (leaning more Dell and lonovo). Anyhow need the following: 4k display 32G ram 512G ssd 1T+ second drive I7 (latest Gen) Thunderbolt port Either 15 or 17 monitor...

Hi All, I would appreciate thoughts regarding best backup software for a high end - high performance workstation. I simply want to take a regular reliable backup (happy to schedule this manually if need be). I bought Acronis Workstation only to find out it runs an MS-SQL instance as it is...

Im looking to find a decently priced 17" gaming laptop. It will mainly be a workstation but also used for gaming on the side. Best I found was the msi GL72M looks perfect for what I am looking for but just want to see if there is a better deal somewhere.

So i recently just bought a MSI WorkStation Series WS63 7RK-290US Mobile Workstation Intel Core i7 7th Gen 7700HQ (2.80 GHz) 32 GB Memory 2 TB HDD 512 GB SSD NVIDIA Quadro P3000. And i have been having unusual problem when running basic programs or even internet browsing. When i try to scroll...

mobile workstation (inte xeon, nvidia quadro) or gamer workstation (general cpu and gpu) for autocad & revit? i dont need a specific answer just for most cases what is preferred.