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Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot+ PC compatibility with Autocad LT (and Revit)

eko436PM — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:58:28 GMT

Hello all,

I would like your opinion on getting a MS Surface Pro Copilot+ for Autocad.

For starters, would the laptop even be able to install and run Autocad? According to this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elpeaSO0MtY it 'can' whatever that means.

If it can run, just what kind of performance should I expect from such a machine.

We are about to procure new machines for Autocad and other architectural programs but one user with supervision duties finds Surface's easier to work with due to compactness, form factor and its touch screen.

Could you give me your opinion on this?

Re: Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot+ PC compatibility with Autocad LT (and Revit)

pendean — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:36:12 GMT

No, because of this

https://www.techradar.com/pro/heres-a-list-of-all-the-apps-that-can-run-on-the-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-shame-autocad-and-our-favorite-vpn-provider-is-missing

But.. its your money and there are anecdotal posts claiming these are possible with emulation and other add-ons etc., some are honest, some are not, so you get to decide in the end.

Re: Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot+ PC compatibility with Autocad LT (and Revit)

eko436PM — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:49:46 GMT

I see, if the emulation made it possible to run it even 10% slower I guess that'd be ok but I guess itd still be software mode without iGPU and still a big IF

Re: Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot+ PC compatibility with Autocad LT (and Revit)

paullimapa — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:54:11 GMT

Well if that laptop runs on a snapdragon processor which is an ARM processor then it’s not compatible with AutoCAD supported specs

Re: Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot+ PC compatibility with Autocad LT (and Revit)

pendean — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:13:35 GMT

@eko436PM wrote:
I see, if the emulation made it possible to run it even 10% slower I guess that'd be ok but I guess itd still be software mode without iGPU and still a big IF

Other than you committing to it financially, plus time/effort, you'll never truly know for sure of it is 10% slower, 50% slower, dead-in-the-water or somewhere in between.

Good luck.