autocad

[DS74]

I am looking to purchase a computer for my home to be able to run AutoCAD (Carlson Survey, not full blown autocad or Civil 3D). Does anyone have any recommendations for what they might be using at home (laptop, desktop, ultrabook, or all-in-one)? We use dell desktops at work but would like to hear everyones thoughts on something that would be portable if you needed it. Thanks

[DS74]

Just to add, I am also looking to do remote desktop from this machine.

[Jhill313]

I use Carlson Survey 13 and my PC has 8G of Ram and 3.7 G processor and it work just fine.

Here are the requirements from Carlsons page.

Carlson solutions based on AutoCAD 2013 Embedded
Takeoff R6, R7 / Survey OEM 2013, 2014

Please note the CPU compatibility below: older AMD CPUs like Athlon XP+ do not support SSE2 technology and can not run Embedded AutoCAD 2013 products.

Windows® 8 Standard, Enterprise, or Professional edition (requires installation of AutoCAD LT 2013 Service Pack 2); Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition (SP3 or later) with an Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology.

Or

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later) with an Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
1 GB RAM (minimum), 8 GB (recommended)
1.4 GB free disk space for installation
1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
Install from download or DVD

[Devin]

I just installed Acad15 on my new machine yesterday.... seems to be handling it nicely.

[Take em]

Not running CAD 15 but can run the full Civil 3D off my work laptop. All you need is RAM and memory