Hp laptop with autocad compatibility

[voltasimera]

Hi. I have been an autocad user for years. I already own a 2012 and 2014 autocad licence for my office. I want to buy a hp laptop, which i will take with me on holidays so that i can stay in touch with my job. I have no special requirements for my laptop. I am not going to use it for 3d models, or insert images etc. I simply want to be able to open and work on some basic autocad projects, nothing special at all. Iam thinking of buying this model. Will this laptop be able to run the autocad program? Or it will not even open it?

 HP Pavilion 17-f000sv (ENERGY STAR) (G7W64EA)

Microprocessor 1.8 GHz AMD Quad-Core A4-6210 APU with Radeon R3 Graphics

Microprocessor Cache 2 MB cache

Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 4 GB)

Video Graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

Display 43.9 cm (17.3") diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit (1600 x 900)

Hard Drive 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA Multimedia Drive SuperMulti DVD burner

Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g/n (1x1) and Bluetooth 4.0 combo

Weight 2.9 kg

Power 45 W AC power adapter

4-cell (41 WHr) Li-ion  

I would be grateful if you helped me.

Thank you very much

[jggerth1 · Accepted solution]

You'll want to increase the RAM to 8Gb at least.  

OS -- can you get this with Win7?  win8.1 may have issues with the older CAD versions

BIOS -- almost certainly this has Intel grahics as well -- will the BIOS let you disable that and force the Radeon only?  seems like Acad has issues with some machines changing over to the better graphics board and the reliable cure is to disable the Intel onboard chiposet in BIOS

[pendean · Accepted solution]

In addition to the above response...
5400 rpm drive is very slow: any chance you can afford a 7200rpm drive?
1.8ghz speed processor is also slow: you want to be closer to 3ghz speed for 2012/2014.
4-cell battery won't last long with a 17" display and AutoCAD running: do you need to be mobile?

[voltasimera]

So i guess i shouldn't buy this laptop. That's a pity, cause i can't afford more money and i needed a laptop for outside the office. 

Thank you so so much!!!!!

[dgorsman]

Check out leasing options.  They can have some accounting advantages.