topic Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products in Fabrication CADmep Forum

Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

pan.davarias — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:31:01 GMT

Hello

I have a couple of questions about the surfacebook and windows 10 and their compatability with AutoCAD, Revit and Navis.

While everything I have read tells me, for a mobile solution, the top end Surfacebook should run the above reasonably well, my question is does anyone know if Microsoft support the downgradeto Windows 7 to allow these products to run as they should?

Windows 10, for now, is not supported by Autodesk. Any idea when this may happen?

Thanks

Pan

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:33:36 GMT

The issue is going to be drivers and if the Win 7 will work with the Surfacebook. I know people of have downgraded a Win 8 machine to Win 7 and that didn't go as planned (lots of driver issues). It appears there are several people over at the other forum that are running Win 10 with no problems.

I am also looking at getting a Surfacebook in the next week or so. I am going to run it in Windows 10 though.

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

pan.davarias — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:24:33 GMT

Hi Ken. I have got the surface book now running win10, fab,revit and navis.
I am not overly pleased with the performance with this software presently.
I will be keen to know your views when you get yours

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:38:11 GMT

Which one did you get (HDD and RAM)? I have been looking at the 512 gb/16 GB ram. It also has the NVIDIA graphics card (seems like the cheaper ones don't have this though).

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

pan.davarias — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:38:28 GMT

Hi Ken

i got the top end one

512GB, 16GB RAM with the NVIDEA card

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:40:44 GMT

Oh, that is the one I was interested in getting. Hmmm, I may need to go elsewhere then.

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

pan.davarias — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:44:24 GMT

From what I am hearing, it is a win 10 thing. Autodesk has not yet come out and supported all the software for windows 10 so service packs. hopefully will fix the issue.

All the prior research I carried out showed this would be more than adequate. The service pro 3 runs all of the software noted below easily so the surface book SHOULD do so without problem

I hope it is this and not that I have got a dud machine....

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:54:24 GMT

That makes sense. I was thinking it shold be fine as well. AutoCAD is also listed in the comparison chart for the different MS Surface tablets.

Thank you.

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:57:16 GMT

Is it crashing or just slow? I can handle slow until they make it work in Win 10.

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:59:01 GMT

Looks like I am not going to be needing that new laptop now. Bummed. Keep us posted if you get the performance up though.

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:21:54 GMT

Bought a surface myself...sold it and got an Asus laptop.

Surface is not ready for Autocad use....

Re: Surfacebook, Windows 10 and Autodesk products

pan.davarias — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:28:58 GMT

I have my surface book running with Autocad abd Fab now. Had to mess about with the screen resolution a bit to see all of the icons on mu toolbars. A few minor issues still but i much moe optimistic now