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

[eko436PM]

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?

[pendean]

No, because of this

https://www.techradar.com/pro/heres-a-list-of-all-the-apps-that-can-run-on-the-qualcomm-snapdragon-x... 

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.

[eko436PM]

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

[paullimapa]

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

[pendean]

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@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

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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.