I'm buying a new laptop and our corporate standard is one of these machines with 4 Gb of memory and integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics.
As the graphics card isn't listed as certified on the SW site I just wondered if anyone else was already using one and if they had had any issues with it.
Yes, unfortunately.
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/217126#217126
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/240776#240776
I have also heard from some people that they are using it successfully.
get the 8460w instead
i've been using a 8730w for almost 3 years without issue
Thanks Charles, thanks Kenneth.
Just the response I need as evidence to allow me to get something that suits me better !
I thought I'd give an update nearly three months on.
I went through my company's excruciating paperwork excercise to get approval for this machine and approval was duly granted.
I then asked for a quote for the 8460 through HP corporate sales in Europe and got a quote back about a week and half later for an 8560W. No explanation why they quoted for something different but when asked they told me that the 8460W has been superceded.
OK fair enough, I then got the new lap top re approved. I had asked for a quote for one with 6Gb of RAM but was only quoted for 4Gb so went ahead and ordered that as I got tired of waiting for a re quote for 6Gb.
With the order placed the laptop took about three weeks to arrive.
When it did the Wifi wasn't working.
HP agreed to take it back once we were able to show them the signed delivery note for said laptop. Apparently picking the machine up from the delivery address from the company that ordered it in the first place is not sufficient proof to HP that you actually own the machine. And they wanted it back in the original packaging.
So back it went.
It took about two weeks to get the Wifi replaced because they had run out of keyboards, I guess they built a completely new machine.
The laptop came back and got set up for use inside my company and I set up SW on it.
To be honest I don't like the keyboard as much as the Dell keyboard on my existing machine, the other buttons look nice but are difficult to use and the docking station doesn't always want to detach from the laptop. SW 2011 does run very well on it though.
Actually that's not quite right, I should have said that SW2011 did work very well on because on Tuesday the laptop refused to boot up for me and it's now sitting on the corner of my desk waiting for an HP engineer to come and have a look at it.
One of my colleagues is also looking for a new laptop and has been asking me how I'm getting on with mine. I guess that's one sale that HP won't be making soon....
Yes, unfortunately.
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/217126#217126
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/240776#240776
I have also heard from some people that they are using it successfully.