Can Fusion 360 be run on a stick computer?

[Anonymous]

I am looking to learn to use Fusion 360 for some of my hobby projects.  I don't currently have a personal desktop (I have a work computer and a few Apple gadgets that fulfill all other tasks) and was looking at getting one of the new stick computers as a low cost/compact computer for the shop.  My question is if anyone has tried to run Fusion 360 on a stick computer and how well does it work or is it an exercise in futility?  

I was looking an the Intel Compute Stick in particular:

http://www.intel.com/buy/us/en/product/desktop/intel-blkstk2m364cc-m3-6y30-usb-black-stick-pc-519081...

Thanks in advance for any comments.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

That's an exacerise in futility:

The Atom processor has not enough horsepower and Fusion 360 is a graphics intensive application requiring a dedicated GPU with 1GB or better 2GB of graphics memory.

[James.Youmatz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Fusion 360 Community!

Edit: @TrippyLighting beat me to it! Great minds think alike 😉

I am by no means an expert on the USB sticks, but after a quick review (link here), I do not think it will meet our minimum requirements (found here). Even though these things are nice and portable, according to reviews they are meant for lightweight computations. The biggest driving reason however is the lack of a dedicated graphics card. Our minimum requirements ask for a dedicated card with at least a half gB of memory. I do not believe that this USB stick would be able to harness that render power (but again, I have no expertise on these sticks). 

Thanks,