Which PC to buy?!

[FfEL]

I am looking to buy a new laptop. I work on alot of graphics programmes including the new Photoshop CS4 and AutoCAD 2009. I work with large files and want to buy a laptop that's going to be able to cope with these file sizes.Any suggestions on the processor/RAM I should go for?With my old laptop it was extremely slow at times and I often had warnings like 'low virtual memory' and 'scratch disks full' etc.Help?!

[Dalo Harkin]

Budget please...... and then I will have a look around.

 

You need to consider that you are somewhat limited in terms of OS for those programs - last time I looked CAD didnt support 64 bit OS's

[Tootech]

Just had a look around and the recommended spec for AutoCAD is here

 

Autodesk - AutoCAD - System Requirements

 

To quote

 

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2009:

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon®, 2.2 GHz or greater

or

Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater

Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP SP2 operating systems

 

For Microsoft Windows XP SP2:

1 GB RAM

750 MB free disk space for installation

1,024 x 768 VGA with true color

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 (SP1 or higher)

 

For Microsoft Windows Vista or 3D modeling:

Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater

or

Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater

2 GB RAM or greater

2 GB free hard disk available not including installation

1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. For Windows Vista, a Direct3D-capable workstation-class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required.

 

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2009:

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Vista 64-bit

AMD® 64 or Intel EM64T processor

2 GB RAM

750 MB free disk space for installation

AutoCAD 64-bit cannot be installed on a 32-bit Windows operating system