Curve ball: If you generally have reliable internet connection, worth investigating the cost of leasing some cloud computing resource – the ability to infrequently use ‘burst’ computing where you run the render on someone else’s monster spec server, might be cheaper and/or better than paying top dollar for a notebook only to have a less frustrating OpenSCAD experience… just an idea. Alex Gibson admg consulting edumaker limited · Project management · Operations & Process improvement · 3D Printing From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.openscad.org] On Behalf Of Jordan Brown Sent: 25 October 2020 19:43 To: OpenSCAD general discussion; Aneta Brunová Subject: Re: [OpenSCAD] Choosing new notebook to work with OpenSCAD On 10/25/2020 1:13 AM, Aneta Brunová wrote: Alright, so the RAM always makes a difference. This is probably the biggest limitation of my old Dell with 4 GB RAM. Have you tried running OpenSCAD on your old system? My guess is that it will be OK for small to medium models. Of course, if you're just itching to buy a new one anyway... <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com

Anet wrote > OK, so dual-ported memory ... I'll add that to my checklist.  I'd put that as nice have, if it costs more, I'd compare that to faster SSD or better (NVMe). > It is a surprise for me to hear that discrete GPU is not needed. Most of > me > friends told me I will probably need it (they either don't have much > experience with CAD though, or they only use Revit). Compare OpenSCAD screen rendering, to almost realistic fast-paced game rendering at 60+fps. ----- OpenSCAD Admin - email* me if you need anything, or if I've done something stupid... * on the Forum, click on my MichaelAtOz label, there is a link to email me. Unless specifically shown otherwise above, my contribution is in the Public Domain; to the extent possible under law, I have waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work. Obviously inclusion of works of previous authors is not included in the above. -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/