revit version best for beginners/new learners

[Anonymous]

I am a beginner to revit as we were not taught revit at school so to enhance my skills i am learning it now. Can someone suggest what version would be best for me to learn and which wont slow down my laptop processing.

[m.shcheblykin]

Select Revit 2018

The most polished Revit Version 

[barthbradley]

I'd suggest the latest and greatest; 2020.  2018 won't even be supported in another year.  2021 will probably be released in 6 months.  Your license will let you run the 3 latest versions.  As for whether or not your laptop meets system requirements, you can Google for that information.  

[m.shcheblykin]

I'm working in Dubai.

90% of our projects are in Revit 2017.

Welcome to the real world with real projects out of real Concrete above 100m height 

[RobDraw]

In this part of the real world, firms like to keep up with technology and use the latest and greatest. Suggesting older versions to anyone learning Revit is doing a disservice.

[barthbradley]

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@m.shcheblykin wrote:

I'm working in Dubai.

90% of our projects are in Revit 2017.

Welcome to the real world with real projects out of real Concrete above 100m height 

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That's okay. We have legacy projects in older versions as well.  That's not unusual.  

BTW: "Real" concrete???  That's a curious adjective to use. Is there such a thing as "fake" concrete?  

[RDAOU]

@barthbradleyprojects in the GCC/Mena region usually never finish as planned/scheduled. In that part of the world, which @m.shcheblykin  referred to as "Real World", anything between 1-3 years delay is very normal and a Project kicked off in 2017 and planned to finish in 2019 is most likely not going to be handed over before 2021...Hence, 90% of the projects are Legacy projects. 

[s.borello]

Use Revit 2018, with all the updates installed.  Not sure about your laptop specs, but you should be able to at least start your Revit journey.  Good luck!