Hello Everyone,
I have read a lot of feedback and forums on choosing the right laptop for running SW. I was about to finalize on the Lenovo Yoga Pad P40 till I saw the surface book. The P40 without a doubt is authorized in the SW website, it uses a NVidia Quadro M500M and right configs. However, I am not looking to use SW intensely, primarily will be using to approve designs and perform minor tweaks or perhaps check dimensions. Assembly models would have a max of 30 to 40 parts. This is for the O&G downhole tools industry so, most are std cylindrical parts. I hate the bulky laptops and therefore looking to go for a compact laptop and the Lenovo was there. But, any recommendations on the Surface book or the Dell 13" XPS or equivalent?
The Surface book typically has a i5 6th gen processor, around 8GB RAM and the Intel Graphics 520. Doesn't seem like it is approved by Solid Works at all. But, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I can't get Solidworks 2016 SP2 or 3 to run on my XPS13 (9350) with intel HD graphics 520 (note the high res version has iris graphics so don't know if they're different). All I get is the splash screen and once I'm done with the license acquisition then the splash screen disappears and solidworks does not start. I've been fiddling with compatibility modes and registry resets but I can't get the program past the splash screen :-(. If anyone has a solution to this I'd be glad of it.