New Laptop

**moak** · 10-03-2011, 09:10 AM

Both fans are quiet (yes, it has 2) and in is remarkably cool - looks and temperature
Look at techonweb only $1,300.

**Joe Carrick** · 10-03-2011, 09:50 AM

I got my Asus G74SX i7 2630QM @ 2.8 GHz Turbo-boost , 12GB, GeoForce GTX560M 3GB, Windows 7 at Fryes for $1300.

It's super quiet and runs quite cool. Naturally it's a bit heavy, but it still fits in my case that I used with my 17" HP Laptop.

**Donald Freix** · 10-04-2011, 01:50 PM

Mine still works faster than I can.

**Barton Brown** · 10-03-2011, 12:06 PM

Thank you for the observations on the G74SX!

**ECSURFER84** · 10-06-2011, 05:56 PM

Going to plug Puget Systems here, i built my powerhouse computer there. A+ customer service rating through the BBB. www.pugetsystems.com

i will never use a "branded" company again. these guys are amazing. Leading computer building company in the US!

**dr0591** · 10-15-2011, 09:15 AM

Ric, that computer is a thing of beauty.

I just ordered the same laptop as a lot of you are talking about: Asus G74Sx XR1 i7 2630QM 2 GHz, 12 GB RAM, GeForce GTX560M 3GB. Mine cost $1399 at Microworx, our local geek computer build store. I'm thinking about adding an SSD once the prices on them come down a bit.

It will arrive mid-week -- I'm so excited!

I've never owned a laptop before so this will be a whole new adventure. I'm happy to hear you all saying good things about this rig. Let me know if you have any suggestions about setup, performance enhancement, etc.

**Philco** · 10-24-2011, 08:25 PM

I have a Lenovo W520 with the NVIDIA Quadro graphics card. It's rubbish for CA, but great for AutoCAD. It's a high quality machine with only 5weeks of the three year warranty used. I want to swap it for a CA tuned laptop. If anyone knows an ACAD user, please direct them to me. Many thanks,

Phil (phil.cabinetworks@gmail.com)

p.s. I'm in Victoria, BC

Lenovo W520, i7, Win 7 Pro, 8Gig RAM, 500 Gig ROM,

**louis** · 10-25-2011, 07:15 PM

As I said, CA discourages it and won't offer tech support....

I used to have chief itself stored on an external drive and when CA stated this policy many versions ago I switched to allowing Chief to install to its default locations

everytime I had an issue with "anything" CA tried to blame it on my using an external drive

so even tho I have been using external drives for all my other software since 1988 I decided I didn't want CA's tech support to refuse to help with chief issues

Kathleen,

This post will tell you a lot about Lew.

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