Dell M4300

For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you'll know how much I've enjoyed the Dell M90's I've used in the past. Both of them were provided by my employer at the time and I really didn't have many issues with them. My new employer, being a complete tightwad, opted for the M4300. (Ok, so I'm self-employed. I'm still being a tightwad.) The system specs are:

• Dell Precision M4300, Intel Core 2 Duo T8300, 2.40GHz 800MHz, 3M L2 Cache, Dual Core
• 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCDDell
• 4.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMM
• NVIDIA QUADRO FX 360M 512MB Turbo Cache Memory (256 dedicated)
• WINDOWS XP PRO SP2 with Windows Vista Business License

It came with a free 19" monitor, which I upgraded to a 22". I'll be loading up SolidWorks this week, and will then be putting my new toy through its paces. Naturally, I'll let you know the good, the bad and the ugly.

Also, I've been in touch with SolidWorks Corp regarding product reviews and we're getting the ball rolling again. If there's a partner product out there that you're curious about, let me know and I'll see if I can't get my greedy hands on it to try it out.

Comments

[Bruce Eric Anderson (aka bruceericatdell on twitter)]

@Jeff -- thank you, we appreciate your business and the business of your boss :). Let us know if you have any issues. Go Chicago Cubs!

Bruceericatdell

[Dale]

Hi,
I know this thread is probably dead at the time that I'm writing this, but if anyone is reading this, I was curious if there has been any investigations as to the usefulness of the Nvidia Tesla cards when it comes to accelerating SolidWorks and Cosmos?

Thanks,
Dale

**Dale,
I don't see anything on the SolidWorks website with regards to the Tesla cards. Your best bet is to post this question on the SolidWorks forums (www.forum.solidworks.com).**