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Originally Posted by CraigHickman
Edit: After reading this, it appears I'm one of the few who CAD's on a Mac... Am I really that odd?
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I did all for CAD work for
228's 2009 robot on my 24" iMac. I started the base chassis in XP x64 VMWare virtual machine, but that became too laggy so I switched to Vista x32 in Boot Camp, which has since been upgraded to Windows 7 Build 7100.
2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4Gb PC2-6400 RAM
512Mb Nvidia 8800GS
24" 1920x1200 display
750 Gb HDD with 80 Gb Windows partition
Razer DeathAdder mouse (only $20 from Wootoff)
These specs work just fine for my use in FIRST or for academic college work. But if was ever going to do any serious CAD work, I'd definitely build a custom PC with the best sub-$300 Intel Quad Core i7, at least 6Gb RAM, and the best sub-$300 Nvidia Quadro graphics card.