drdoor
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I have been a wood door refinisher for 20 years. looking to do some side business or just play with
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Post by drdoor on May 16, 2020 21:38:21 GMT -5
I am a Mac user and recently ordered Ar16 Elite. I am somewhat a beginner to design and software. Trying to shop for a proper PC computer to do my Vcarve design stuff in. This computer will only be used with the CNC router. I don't want to invest too much in it . I am looking at laptops, 15.6 inch I5, 4 core, with minimum of 8 gigs ram and at least 256 ssd hard drive. Am I in the right neighborhood? I was looking at no more than about $700 or so. Opinions?
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Post by gerry on May 16, 2020 23:34:16 GMT -5
You have more than enough processing power. Even the mostbasic will work. Anything more is just gravy. Faster recalc speed, faster load/save times, bigger hard disk etc.
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drdoor
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Post by drdoor on May 17, 2020 2:27:36 GMT -5
You have more than enough processing power. Even the mostbasic will work. Anything more is just gravy. Faster recalc speed, faster load/save times, bigger hard disk etc. Thank you |
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Post by stevem on May 17, 2020 9:17:10 GMT -5
You really don't have to spend more than $300 - $400 for a pc that will work just fine.
I do most of my stuff on a 16# Dell laptop that I bought for $500 at Best Buy 3 years ago and it works just fine.
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309cnc
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Post by 309cnc on May 20, 2020 13:33:30 GMT -5
I have been running Vectric software on a Mac using Parallels for a couple years without any issues. So if you have a Mac, that's another option.
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