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Where can a Boomer catch up on current computer/software technology? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an eight-year-old laptop that needs replacing and I’m paralyzed. What are the most reliable ones now? Do I need a desktop for CAD? Pros and cons of operating systems (and where do I find them?) Browsers ditto? Where do I find answers that aren’t just product marketing?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm on a 7 year old laptop, i7-7500U CPU, 32gb RAM and run Solidworks in a VM as I'm also running Linux.

It handles parts fine, but struggles a bit with very large assemblies and rendering on surfaces. This I assume is the lack of dedicated GPU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's many aspects of Solidworks that are CPU-bound. Worse, they're only utilising a single core. It's ridiculous for 2024.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm on a rather old version of Solidworks, for various reasons, but had hoped for some improvement by now.

Although, I'm not surprised. Many, if not all of the 'premium' CAD and CAM software I have used have no multi-threading either.