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Re: computer shopping
Unless you are running a very, very large assembly with a lot of textures, the video card noted won't be the big bottle neck. A video card is only heavily taxed when you start adding all kinds of fancy textures and such. If you are working on an assembly complex enough to slow down the computer during a rotate, you could probably stand to supress some components.
The two most important factors in creating a pleasant Inventor experience are RAM amount/quality and monitor size and quality. Inventor, for me, is faster and more stable in direct proportion to the amount of RAM it has access to.
Worry about getting the latest and greatest CPU, video card, hard drives and such after you can afford at least 1 gigabyte of quality RAM and a 19 inch or larger monitor.
Luckily, these days you don't need to sell a family member to afford a good CADing system. You can make or buy a perfectly capable machine for under $1000, if you're only concern is Inventor. Don't be afraid to by the last generation of components to save some money. Computers 12 months ago could still run Inventor, after all.
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