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My daughter needs a laptop for her uni work. She only has a budget of
around £800. She will be using a CAD program called ArchiCAD version 8 most
of the time and the min requirements to run this software are:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP pro (ArchiCAD will
not start with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 or Windows ME)
CPU: Intel® Pentium III, Pentium 4 or compatible CPU recommended.
RAM: 512MB minimum - Recommended: 1GB
Hard Drive Space: 500MB minimum free hard drive space required for full
installation for ArchiCAD 8.1. Free hard disk space is required according to
model complexity (over 1 GB recommended for complex models and 3D
visualization).
Video Card: Standard Open GL cards with onboard video memory of 64 MB, not
shared memory, are recommended. The required minimum resolution is 1024 by
768 pixels with 24 bit colour depth.
Display: 17" as minimum
I would assume that the software will run on Windows XP Home addition just
as well as the pro version, and she is sure that a display of less than 17"
is ok, as she is using a laptop of 12" at the moment for version 7 of
ArchiCAD without any problems.
I have been to the website of the developers of ArchiCAD
(http/www.graphisoft.com) and although they recommend Intel CPU's for
their software, users are managing quite well with high end AMD processors.
So, as I am a complete newbie to laptops, I need your help in finding a
laptop that will do the business for her and a very reasonable price. I
have looked at an Acer Aspire 1622LM, which appears to meet all the
requirements, but are their any others I should consider and where is the
best place to get it from?
Dave
My daughter needs a laptop for her uni work. She only has a budget of
around £800. She will be using a CAD program called ArchiCAD version 8 most
of the time and the min requirements to run this software are:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP pro (ArchiCAD will
not start with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 or Windows ME)
CPU: Intel® Pentium III, Pentium 4 or compatible CPU recommended.
RAM: 512MB minimum - Recommended: 1GB
Hard Drive Space: 500MB minimum free hard drive space required for full
installation for ArchiCAD 8.1. Free hard disk space is required according to
model complexity (over 1 GB recommended for complex models and 3D
visualization).
Video Card: Standard Open GL cards with onboard video memory of 64 MB, not
shared memory, are recommended. The required minimum resolution is 1024 by
768 pixels with 24 bit colour depth.
Display: 17" as minimum
I would assume that the software will run on Windows XP Home addition just
as well as the pro version, and she is sure that a display of less than 17"
is ok, as she is using a laptop of 12" at the moment for version 7 of
ArchiCAD without any problems.
I have been to the website of the developers of ArchiCAD
(http/www.graphisoft.com) and although they recommend Intel CPU's for
their software, users are managing quite well with high end AMD processors.
So, as I am a complete newbie to laptops, I need your help in finding a
laptop that will do the business for her and a very reasonable price. I
have looked at an Acer Aspire 1622LM, which appears to meet all the
requirements, but are their any others I should consider and where is the
best place to get it from?
Dave