I was at a Discreet Max6 launch last year (2004), the guys there (from
Discreet!) were all using Dell M60's with 2gig RAM - all supplied by the
company.
That seemed like a pretty good recomendation to me!
The Dell M60 and (newer) M70 are all tested by Discreet and meet their
standards.
Yes, a desktop box is cheaper etc.etc. - but at home a laptop is a more
convenient size. I run ADT on a (mid range) laptop albeit not blindingly
fast and it wouldn't win first prize in a race but it does the job - just
about. I'm hoping to upgrade to an M70 soon.
Take a look at the Max forums at support.discreet.com , several people there
are using Toshiba and Dell laptops.
The whole thing is a minefield of conflicting opinions though - seems to be
a case of hold your breath and jump in!!
Robert
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>I have been using Autocad in the work environment for about 7 years, and
>ADT for 2 years. I have never owned a computer, but I want to purchase a
>laptop system to use at home. I have read many of the questions (and
>answers to them) in this forum, and I am a little fuzzy as to what my
>system should consist of. My main use for it will be Autocad ADT (2005,
>soon to be 2006), and Autocad Viz Render. Regeneration speed (i.e.
>panning, orbiting, switching between orthographic and isometric views) is
>important to me, and what I gleam from the forum is that the hard drive
>needs to have 1GB or more of RAM. In addition, a good graphics card would
>be recommended for a good workflow of the drawing. What are the
>recommended card sizes (128Mb) and manufacturers (Quadro, Radeon, GeForce)
>of the open GL cards for a laptop?
>
> I would appreciate any input. I currently do not have a single laptop
> manufacture in mind, which I realize opens me up to allot of opinions in
> this forum (so bring them on). I am budgeting approximately $2,000 to
> this venture, which could change to be more depending on the response. So
> thanks in advance.