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I am an interior design student looking to upgrade my computer because AutoCad, SketchUp, and Revit are slowing it down, causing it to freeze consistently.
My current laptop has a 17.3" screen and I am looking to downsize. I am in between getting a 13.3" or a 15.6" screen. I like the idea of getting the 13.3" because it would be super light and easy to transport, but I worry about how it would be to design with that small of a screen.
Heh. I moved up from a 15" screen to a 17.3 to do AutoCAD and Revit work. The menus take up too much room and the fonts were getting too small. I tried a Surface Pro 4 but it was still too small for me. So I went back to a dual monitor setup with a 27" monitor for my primary and left the laptop doing the browser and email client.
Autocad is very computationally and memory intensive so "freezing" may be a symptom of inadequate resources. Or you may have issues with display drivers, etc.
For CAD there is really no replacement for a pretty big screen with high resolution.
I have used Autodesk products some years ago. I still have nightmares.
I am an interior design student looking to upgrade my computer because AutoCad, SketchUp, and Revit are slowing it down, causing it to freeze consistently.
My current laptop has a 17.3" screen and I am looking to downsize. I am in between getting a 13.3" or a 15.6" screen. I like the idea of getting the 13.3" because it would be super light and easy to transport, but I worry about how it would be to design with that small of a screen.
Hoping to get some feedback before purchasing.
Thanks!
That's not a screen problem- that's a "computer" problem! You need a better mother board, ram, graphics card, and hard-drive. The screen is only limited by the work that is displayed and your vision. Obviously, the bigger the screen the more you can see at any given time.
Last edited by K'ledgeBldr; 09-11-2018 at 01:41 PM..
Yes, I am planning on getting a computer with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD with an i7 4 core processor to make it run faster. I am also getting one with a dedicated graphics card. However, I haven't designed on a screen smaller than mine. I am trying to see if getting a smaller screen will be a nuisance or not.
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